Daybreak for October 15, 2024

  • Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, 1515-1582; a woman, a contemplative, and an active reformer; she was a woman of prayer, discipline, and compassion; she spent much of her time and energy seeking to reform herself and the Carmelites, to lead them back to the full observance of the primitive Rule; her writings, especially the Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle, have helped generations of believers; although she died before it officially came into being, Teresa, along with St. John of the Cross, is considered a co-founder of the Discalced Carmelite order
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/15/24
  • Gospel: Luke 11:37-41