Wednesday after Epiphany Saint of the Day: St. Gudula, 646-712; daughter of Count Witger and St. Amalberga; educated bySt. Gertrude of Nivelles; lived in the family castle until Gertrude died; dedicated her life to God in 664; known for her great charity; patroness of Brussels, Belgium, and of single laywomen Office of Readings and Morning […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/f980ac4d-e9c4-4017-8f3f-b25f006ae5ce/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tuesday after Epiphany Optional Memorial of St. Raymond of Pennafort, 1175-1275; became a Dominican, and founded the Order of Our Lady of Ransom; went with King James to Majorca to preach; King James, however, was ruled by his passions, and set a bad example; Raymond commanded the king to send the woman away; the king […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/ea0fccad-8dd4-4a00-8d00-b25e004324e5/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Monday after Epiphany Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Canterbury; amonk in the monastery of St. Andrew’s, Rome, and was chosen by Pope St. Gregory the Great to embark with St. Augustine of Canterbury and other monks on the missionary enterprise to England in 596; became the firstabbot of the monastery of Saints. Peter […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/6020eb77-2256-4748-8590-b25c004afe43/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Twelfth Day of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/5/25 Gospel: Matthew 2:1-12 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/b2e736ed-56ed-4624-9c66-b25b005f38e7/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/b2e736ed-56ed-4624-9c66-b25b005f38e7/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Eleventh Day of Christmas Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1774-1821; raised Episcopalian, but knew the value of prayer, scripture, and a nightly examination of conscience; married William Magee Seton when she was 19, and bore him five children before he died of tuberculosis; while in Italy with her dying husband, she saw Catholicity in […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/15763060-f24d-4a31-ae81-b25b0048e371/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tenth Day of Christmas Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/3/25 Gospel: John 1:29-34 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/e6d4c81f-5444-4109-83d7-b25a0035852b/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/e6d4c81f-5444-4109-83d7-b25a0035852b/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Ninth Day of Christmas Memorial of Saints Basil the Great (330-379) and Gregory Nazianzen (329-390); good friends, who met at university; Basil became bishop of Caesarea in 374, and he was called upon to refute the Arian heresy, which held that Jesus was not God; when one town was falling away from the faith, Basil […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/0977217b-44ae-4242-82c3-b2590030a846/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God Eighth Day of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/1/25 Gospel: Luke 2:16-21 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/caec65da-0e79-453e-844e-b257016c4ecb/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/caec65da-0e79-453e-844e-b257016c4ecb/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Seventh Day of Christmas Optional Memorial of Pope St. Sylvester I; became pope in 314 A.D.; preserved the essential independence of the Church in the face of the overpowering figure of the Emperor Constantine; the bishops generally remained loyal to the Holy See, and at times expressed apologies to Sylvester for undertaking important ecclesiastical projects […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/0c4c2ea7-b9ea-4c0c-9b80-b2570007c697/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Sixth Day of Christmas Saint of the Day: St. Egwin of Evesham; English noble who became bishop of Worcester, England, in 692. thought by his clergy to be too strict; went to Rome, and on his return founded Evesham Monastery, prompted by a vision of Mary; in 709, Egwin returned to Rome, and died in […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/d19fe4ab-60e7-487c-8d0f-b254015e5abe/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Fifth Day of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/29/24 Gospel: Luke 2:41-52 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/076e22e5-e6d4-4bab-8be3-b2540067f124/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/076e22e5-e6d4-4bab-8be3-b2540067f124/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Feast of the Holy Innocents Fourth Day of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for12/28/24 Gospel: Matthew 2:13-18 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/6476d6dd-f127-4dfa-9c2f-b254004e2201/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/6476d6dd-f127-4dfa-9c2f-b254004e2201/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more