<ul> <li>Friday of the Third Week of Advent</li> <li>Saint of the Day: St. Zeno; martyred soldier at <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=8478">Nicomedia</a> (modern Turkey); he was seized and condemned to death for laughing while Emperor <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=3877">Diocletian</a> offered a <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=10284">sacrifice</a> to the Roman <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=5217">god</a> Ceres; Zeno had his jaws shattered and was then beheaded in 303 A.D.</li> <li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/22/23</li> <li>Gospel: Luke 1:46-56</li> </ul>

Friday of the Third Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Zeno; martyred soldier at Nicomedia (modern Turkey); he was seized and condemned to death for laughing while Emperor Diocletian offered a sacrifice to the Roman god Ceres; Zeno had his jaws shattered and was then beheaded in 303 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/22/23 Gospel: Luke 1:46-56

<ul> <li>Friday of the Third Week of Advent</li> <li>Saint of the Day: St. Zeno; martyred soldier at <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=8478" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nicomedia</a> (modern Turkey); he was seized and condemned to death for laughing while Emperor <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=3877" rel="noopener noreferrer">Diocletian</a> offered a <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=10284" rel="noopener noreferrer">sacrifice</a>&nbsp;to the Roman&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=5217" rel="noopener noreferrer">god</a> Ceres; Zeno had his jaws shattered and was then beheaded in 303 A.D.</li> <li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/22/23</li> <li>Gospel: Luke 1:46-56</li> </ul>

Daybreak for December 22, 2023

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Daybreak for December 22, 2023

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