Memorial of St. John of the Cross, 1542-1591; Carmelite priest who, with St. Teresa of Avila, set about reforming the Carmelite order; he experienced opposition, misunderstanding, persecution, and imprisonment; known especially for the "Spiritual Canticle" and "Ascent of Mount Carmel"
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/14/22
Memorial of St. Lucy, 283-304; a disappointed suitor accused her--accurately--of being a Christian, and she was executed in Syracuse, Sicily; Lucy is the patroness of eyesight
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/13/22
Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Loreto, referring to the house in which Mary was born and raised, and in which the angel Gabriel visited her; tradiiton holds that angels miraculous transported the house from Palestine to Loreto, Italy, in the 13th Century
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/10/22
Optional Memorial of St. Juan Diego, 1474-1548; forever linked with Our Lady of Guadalupe, for it was to him that she appeared; he later lived near the shrine constructed at Mount Tepeyac, revered as a holy, unselfish, compassionate catechist
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854 that the Blessed Virgin was preserved from the stain of original sin from the moment of her conception
Memorial of St. Ambrose, 337-397; bishop and doctor of the Church; widely admired and disliked; responsible for the conversion of St. Augustine of Hippo; an otherworldly man involved in the great issues of his day
Optional Memorial of St. Nicholas, 270-343; bishop of Myra, in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor; reputed to have secretly delivered gold to a poor man so that his daughters would have dowries, and be able to marry; the basis of the modern day Santa Claus
Saint of the Day: St. Gerald; appointed choir director of the Cathedral of Toledo, Spain, in the 11th Century; later selected as bishop of Braga, where he eradicated abuses; died December 5, 1109
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/5/22
Gospel: Luke 5:17-26
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