Saint of the Day: St. Joseph the Hymnographer, 810-886; a native of Sicily, he fled to Thessalonica to avoid an attack by the Arabs, then to Constantinople; he fled Constantinople because of the iconoclast persecution; on his way to Rome, he was captured and made a slave in Crete; after escaping, he returned to Constantinople and founded a monastery; he was the most prolific of the Greek hymn-writers
Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, 1195-1231; joined the Augustinians as a young man, giving up a future of wealth and power; impressed by the Franciscan martyrs, he later joined the Franciscans; in Italy, he was stationed in a small hermitage, where he spent most of his time praying, reading scripture, and doing menial tasks
Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Mount Athos; soldier, captured by Muslims, and then released; went to Rome, and was granted the monastic habit by the pope; journeyed to Mount Athos in northern Greece, where took up the life of a hermit, remaining there for half-a-century; the first hermit to reside on Mount Athos
Saint of the Day: St. Landericus; bishop of Paris 650-661; labored zealously to improve the lot of the poor and lowly; founded the city's first real hospital, dedicated to St. Christopher, which eventually became the Hotel-Dieu; he welcomed the Benedictines to his diocese, and encouraged them to found the Abbey of Denis
Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, 306-373; poet, teacher, orator, defender of the faith; born in Mesopotamia, fled as a refugee to Edessa; his works reflect a deep insight and knowledge of the scriptures; lived in cave overlooking Edessa, and died there in 373
Saint of the Day: St. William of York, 1110-1154; became archbishop of York in 1154, but his selection was challenged on grounds of simony and unchastity; he was cleared by Rome, but ousted by a later pope; Pope Anastasius IV eventually restored him as bishop of York, but he died about a month after returning
Saint of the Day: St. Willibald, 700-786; native of Wessex, England, brother of Saints Winebald and Walburga, and related, through his mother, to St. Boniface; assisted Boniface in his missionary work, and was ordained, and then became bishop of Eichstatt, in Franconia; founded a double monastery with his siblings, and made Winebald abbot, and Walburga abbess; served as bishop for four decades
Optional Memorial of St. Norbert, 1080-1134; founder of the Praemonstratensians, better known as the Norbertines, in the French region of Premontre; Norbert and his community converted heretics, reconciled enemies, and rebuilt the faith in indifferent believers; Norbert reluctantly became archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany, and continued his work for the Church
Memorial of St. Boniface, 675-754; apostle of the Germans; sent by Pope Gregory II to reform the German Church, which was rampant with paganism, and errors; his reform efforts were successful; Boniface and 53 others were massacred on their visit to the Frisians, preparing converts for confirmation
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/5/23
Gospel: Mark 12:1-12
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