Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac and companions, the Vietnamese martyrs; St. Andrew of one of 117 people martyred in Vietname between 1820 and 1862; others gave their lives for christ in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/24/22
Optional Memorial of Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, 1891-1927; joined the Jesuits in 1911, but fled to Spain to avoid religious persecution; ordained in Belgium in 1925; returned to Mexico, serving a Church forced to go underground; he celebrated the eucharist clandestinely, and ministered other sacraments to small groups of Catholics; arrested on trumped-up charges of attempting to assassinate the president of Mexico; died by firing squad November 23, 1927
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/23/22
Memorial of St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr; legend has it that her fiancé, Valerian, was martyred along with his brother. Cecilia was struck three times on the neck with a sword, and lived for three days; she asked the pope to convert her home into a church; died about 230 A.D.; patroness of musicians
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/22/22
Saint of the Day: St. Raphael Kalinowski, 1835-1907; Discalced Carmelite friar, priest, teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, and royal tutor; founded many monasteries around Poland after the suppression by the Russians
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/19/22
Optional Memorial of the Dedication of the Churches of St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome; both basilicas are built over the burial sites of their respective namesakes
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/18/22
Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 1207-1231; married Louis of Thuringia, and bore him three children; led a life of prayer, sacrifice, and service to the poor and sick; Louis died in the Crusades, and Elizabeth joined the Secular Franciscan Order; she cared for the poor in a hospital which she had founded; died before her 24th birthday
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/17/22
Optional Memorial of St. Margaret of Scotland, 1045-1093; when her family fled William the Conqueror, they were shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland; she married King Malcom in 1070; promoted the arts and education, encouraged synods, and participated in discussions on correcting religious abuses; she was always surrounded by beggars in public, and never refused them; died four days after her husband was killed in an attack on Alnwick Castle
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/16/22
Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great, 1206-1280; the "master" of St. Thomas Aquinas; a curious, honest, and diligent scholar; became a Dominican, and wrote a compendium of all knowledge; patron of scientists and philosophers
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/15/22
Gospel: Luke 19:1-10
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