Daybreak for December 17, 2024

  • Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent
  • Saint of the Day: St. Wivina, 1103-1170; a native of Flanders, Belgium; refused offers of marriage until, at 23, she became a hermitess; she gathered disciples, and accepted the offer of land from Count Godfrey of Brabant, and built a convent, where she served as first abbess
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/17/24
  • Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17