Memorial of St. Francis Xavier, 1506-1552; brought to Christ by Ignatius of Loyola, and joined the Jesuits; spent 10 years at Goa, India, bringing the faith to Hindus, Malayans, and Japanese; wanted to go to China, but died before reaching the mainland
Saint of the Day: St. Bibiana; Fourth Century virgin and martyr of the persecution of Apronianus; she and her sister were stripped of possessions and left to suffer poverty, but they spent their time in prayer and fasting; Apronianus summoned them, and Bibiana's sister Demetria confessed her faith and fell dead; Bibiana was sentenced to scourging until she died
Saint of the Day: St. Edmund Campion, 1540-1581; Protestant convert to the Catholic faith; became a Jesuit, and was ordained a priest; preached up to three times per day in England, traveling by horseback; captured in 1581, tortured, and executed
Feast of St. Andrew, apostle; brother of Simon Peter; legend says the he preached in what is now modern Greece and Turkey, and was crucified at Patras on an X-shaped cross, about 60 A.D.
Wednesday of the First Week of Advent
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/30/22
Saint of the Day: St. Radbod of Utrecht, 850-917; great grandson of the last paga King of Friesland, Holland; became bishop of Utrecht in 900; know for his aid to the poor, and for his poetry; forced to move his see to France, due to invasion by the Danes, and died there
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/29/22
Saint of the Day: St. James of the Marche, 1394-1476; joined the Friars Minor, and studied with St. John of Capistrano; preached all over Italy and through 13 central and eastern European countries; established nonprofit credit organizations which lent money on pawned objects at low rates, making him one of the fathers of the modern pawnshop
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/28/22
Saint of the Day: St. John Berchmans, 1599-1621; born in what is now the Netherlands; entered the Jesuit college in 1615; in 1618, he was sent to Rome to continue his studies; he was known for his diligence and piety; John died in Rome in 1621; patron saint of altar servers
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/26/22
Optional Memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria; at the age of 18, she debated 50 pagan philosophers, who all became Christians, along with 200 soldiers and members of the emperor's family--all were martyred; Catherine was to be executed on a spiked wheel which she touched, and it shattered, so she was beheaded in 310 A.D.; patroness of students, teachers, librarians, and lawyers; one of the 14 Holy Helpers
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/25/22
Gospel: Luke 21:29-33
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