Daybreak for November 5, 2024

  • Tuesday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time
  • Saint of the Day: St. Elizabeth; a daughter of the line of Aaron, and the wife of Zechariah, was “righteous before God” and was “blameless” but childless; she was a cousin to the Blessed Virgin Mary; after Zechariah’s prayers in the temple, Elizabeth became pregnant; Mary visited Elizabeth, and the baby leapt in Elizabeth’s womb; she proclaimed to Mary, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!”; Zechariah insisted that his name be John; and no more is recorded in scripture about Elizabeth
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/5/24
  • Gospel: Luke 14:15-24