• Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
• Commemoration of St. Francis of Paola, 1416-1507; became a hermit at the age of 15; in 1436, he and two companions began a community that is considered thefoundation of the Minim Friars; Francis was credited with many miracles and had thegifts of prophecy and insight into men’s hearts; he became a friend of King Louis XI of France and his son, Charles VIII, who endowed several monasteries for the Minims; Francis spent the rest of hislifeat the monastery of Plessis, France, which Charles built for him
• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/2/25
• Gospel: John 5:17-30

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