• Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
• Saint of the Day: St. Dominic of Silos, 1000-1073; born in Navarre, Spain; when, as Benedictine abbot, he refused to surrender lands to the crown, he was exiled; he went to King Ferdinand I of Castile and Leon, who made himabbotofSt. SebastianAbbey at Silos, now called St. Dominic’s; one of the most beloved saints in Spain, Dominic also rescued Christianslaves from the Moors; the mother of St. Dominic of Guzman–founder of the Order of Preachers–visited Dominic’s shrine, begging for a child; he was also noted for miracles of healing
• Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/20/25
• Gospel: Luke 1:26-38

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