Daybreak for November 27, 2025

  • Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time – Thanksgiving Day in the United States
  • Saint of the Day St. James Interecisus; in the Fifth Century, he was a favorite of King Yezdigerd I of Persia, and James was a Christian; but James renounced his faith when the king began a persecution of Christians; when Yezdigerd died, James repented and once again professed Chrstianity; when he refused to apostasize, he was executed by having his body cut apart in pieces–thus, his name, “Intercisus”–cut in pieces–and he was beheaded.
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/27/25
  • Gospel: Luke 17:11-19