Daybreak for December 20, 2024

  • Friday of the Third Week of Advent
  • Saint of the Day: St. Philogonius; originally a lawyer in Antioch, Syria, he entered the Church after the death of his wife, and eventually became bishop of the city; he was one of the first Church leaders to assail the evils of Arianism; he suffered imprisonment in the persecutions, and died in 324 A.D.
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/20/24
  • Gospel: Luke 1:26-38