
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Saint of the Day: St. Appolonius the Apologist; Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by one of his slaves; the Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius Perennis, arrested him, also putting the slave to death as an informer; Perennis and Appolonius debated, and despite Appolonius' eloquent defense, he was condemned and beheaded in 185 A.D.
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/18/24
Gospel: John 6:44-51


Daybreak for April 18, 2024

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Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; joined the Benedictines, and in 717 was asked by Pope St. Gregory to inspect the ruins of Monte Cassino, damaged by the Lombards in 580; Petronax gathered the hermits, and began rebuilding; he was elected abbot, and ruled Monte Cassino for three decades
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/24
Gospel: John 15:26-16:4


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Sixth Sunday of Easter
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/5/24
Gospel: John 15:9-17


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Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Saint of the Day: St. Florian; office in the Roman army in the days of Diocletian; surrendered himself as a Christian, and was scourged twice, half-flayed alive, set on fire, and finally thrown into the river Enns with a stone around his neck; his body was recovered and moved to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Florian, near Linz; it was later transferred to Rome; many miracles of healing are attributed to Florian's intercession
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/4/24
Gospel: John 15:18-21


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Feast of Saints Philip and James, apostles
Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/3/24
Gospel: John 14:6-14


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Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Memorial of St. Athanasius, 296-373; as bishop of Alexandria, he fought the heresy of Arianism; five times he was sent into exile, but experienced about ten years of relative peace; his dogmatic and historical writings are almost all polemic, directed against every aspect of Arianism
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/2/24
Gospel: John 15:9-11


Daybreak for April 18, 2024

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