Saturday of the First Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Gerald; Eleventh Century abbot, appointed choir director of the Cathedral of Toledo, Spain; became bishop of Braga, eradicating ... Read more

Friday of the First Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. John Damascene, 676-749; priest and Doctor of the Church; spent most of his life in the Monastery of St. ... Read more

Memorial of St. Francis Xavier, 1506-1552; Jesuit with a missionary spirit; ministered in India for ten years, and then went to Malaysia and Japan; dreamed of going to China, but ... Read more

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Bibiana, virgin and martyr; lived and died in the Fourth Century; her Christian parents and sister were killed ... Read more

Tuesday of the First Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Edmund Campion, 1540-1581; Oxford Protestant scholar turned Catholic; joined the Jesuits, and was ordained to the priesthood; suffered ... Read more

Feast of St. Andrew; one of the Twelve, brother of Simon Peter; legend holds that he was martyred about 60 A.D., crucified on an X-shaped cross Monday of the First ... Read more

First Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/29/20 Gospel: Matthew 13:33-37 https://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/Daybreak/Daybreak20201129.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS ... Read more

Saturday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Catherine Laboure, 1806-1876; received a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who asked her to have a ... Read more

Friday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. James Intercisus; Persian Christian who abandoned his faith during a persecution; later repented, and refused to apostasize ... Read more

Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Thanksgiving Day in the United States Saint of the Day: St. Conrad; Tenth Century bishop of Constance; from a noble family, gave ... Read more

Wednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria; debated pagan philosophers, who, in turn, converted; sentenced to death in about 310 A.D.; devotion ... Read more

Memorial of St. Andrew Dung Lac and companions, the Vietnamese martyrs of the 18th Century Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for ... Read more