Daybreak for October 13, 2025

  • Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Saint of the Day: St. Theophilus of Antioch; bishop of Antioch, and an early Christian apologist; a philosopher in the eastern Roman Empire, he began to study the Scriptures with the intentionof attacking theChristianfaith but was soon converted; he wrote an apology in three books addressed to Autolycus which demonstrated the superiority ofChristianityover the immoral myths ofpagan religion; it also developed the doctrine of the Logos (Word), and used the word “Triad” for the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; died in 181 A.D.
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/13/25
  • Gospel: Luke 11:29-32