Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret, 1807-1870; born in Spain, studied for priesthood, intending to become a Jesuit, but ill health forced him to serve as a secular priest; in 1849, he founded the Claretians and the Claretian nuns; served as archbishop of Santiago de Cuba 1850-1857; returned to the court of Queen Isabella II as confessor; participated in the First Vatican Council; died in a Cistercian monastery in southern France
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/24/22
Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II, 1920-2005; ordained in 1946, became a cardinal in 1958, elected pope in 1978; visited 124 countries; instrumental in the fall of communism in eastern Europe; wrote 14 encyclicals and five books, canonized 482 saints, and beatified 1338 people
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/22/22
Saint of the Day: St., Hilarion, 291-371; born in Palestine, and spent time with St. Anthony of Egypt; lived a life of simplicity and hardship in the desert; settled in Cyprus, where he died at about the age of 80; regarded as the founder of monasticism in Palestine
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/21/22
Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, 1694-1775; with a strong devotion to Christ's Passion, he founded the Congregation of the Passion, better known as the Passionistsk who preached to the poor and exercised rigorous penances; elected superior general of the Congregation in 1747, he spent the remainder of his life in Rome
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/20/22
Memorial of Saints Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf, and companions, the Jesuit martyrs of North America; they worked among the Huron Indians, and were martyred between 1642 and 1649, canonized in 1930
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/19/22
Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch; bishop of Antioch, sentenced to death in Rome during a persecution of Christians; famous for the seven letters he wrote while on the journey to Rome; met the lions in Circus Maximus in about 107 A.D.
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/17/22
Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, 1515-1582; spent much of her time and energy--with the assistance of St. John of the Cross--seeking to reform herself and the Carmelites, to lead them back to the full observance of the primitive rule; her writings, especially "The Way of Perfection" and "The Interior Castle," have helped generations of believers
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/15/22
Gospel: Luke 12:8-12
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