Third Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/15/24 Gospel: Luke 3:10-18 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/093842d8-e80c-4ce3-9c6f-b245007764f4/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/093842d8-e80c-4ce3-9c6f-b245007764f4/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Saturday of the Second Week of Advent Memorial of St. John of the Cross, 1542-1591; ordained a Carmelite priest at age 25, and worked with Teresa of Avila toward reform of the Carmelite order, stressing observance of the primitive Carmelite rule; John experienced increasing opposition, misunderstanding, persecution, imprisonment; he was unique as a mystic-poet Office […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/e57fd6c0-f4c8-4ab5-b849-b24500627fb1/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Friday of the Second Week of Advent Memorial of St. Lucy, 283-304; a disappointed suitor accused Lucy of being a Christian, and she was executed in Syracuse, Sicily; Lucy knew of the heroism of earlier virgin martyrs; she remained faithful to their example and to the example of the carpenter, whom she knew to be […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/8d8ba42e-abe8-476e-88c0-b244006110a4/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe; in 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a poor Indian in Mexico, and asked him to have the bishop of Mexico build a chapel on the site; she provided roses as a sign; when Juan Diego opened his tilma, the roses fell to the ground, and the bishop […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/3b89c5c3-740d-479b-a6c7-b243015898f0/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent Optional Memorial of Pope St. Damasus I, 304-384; son of a Roman priest, under whom he served as a deacon; served Pope Liberius, whom he succeeded as pope; however, a minority elected an antipope; supporters of the antipope even accused Damasus of a grave crime; he had to […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/2cb24b64-b899-4afe-9e08-b243005fe3f8/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent Saint of the Day: Pope St. Gregory III; fought with Emperor Leo III, who attacked the veneration of holy images; Gregory called a synod which approved strong measures against anyone who attempted to destroy images of Jesus, Mary, or the saints; Leo sent ships to kidnap Gregory, but […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/ac624809-bed2-4bc1-997e-b243006210b3/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (transferred from December 8) Monday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/9/24 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/ee50dc10-3201-4dff-bf21-b24000167e1a/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/ee50dc10-3201-4dff-bf21-b24000167e1a/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Second Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/8/24 Gospel: Luke 3:1-6 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/78221246-0f05-4b57-af8f-b23f0067911a/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/78221246-0f05-4b57-af8f-b23f0067911a/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Saturday of the First Week of Advent Memorial of St. Ambrose, 337-397; Ambrose cut a furrow through the lives of his contemporaries; even royal personages suffered divine punishment for standing in his way; but another side of Ambrose was one which influenced Augustine of Hippo, whom Ambrose converted; Ambrose was a passionate little man with […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/d5ccd1d1-f94e-48d8-89fc-b23f004a2a84/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Friday of the First Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. Nicholas of Myra, 270-343; bishop of Myra, a city in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor; the best-known story about him has him secretly throwing a bag of gold through the window of a poor man, three times, so that his daughters could marry; […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/f56a5b9b-cdd7-4e79-bb06-b23e004179b0/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Thursday of the First Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Gerald; French abbot; in the latter portion of the Eleventh Century, he was appointed choir director of the Cathedral of Toledo, Spain, as part of an ecclesiastical reform; he did his work so well that he was appointed bishop of Braga; he visited […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/69c191e3-184c-40b3-86e6-b23d006aec97/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. John Damascene, 676-749; born in Damascus, and followed his father in a government position under the Arabs; he resigned, and went to the monastery of St. Sabas; he is famous for his writings against the iconoclasts, who opposed the veneration of images; for his […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/404242c2-d0e1-4977-ac05-b23b0186510e/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more