Thursday of the Third Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Anastasius I, 340-401; as pope, he was among the first to condemn the works of Origen Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/19/19 Gospel: Luke 1:5-25

Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Winebald, 701-768; Eighth Century founder of the monastery of Heidenheim Germany, made it one of the leading ecclesiastical centers in Germany Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/18/19 Gospel: Matthew 1:18-25

Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. John of Martha, 1160-1213; co-founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, with the purpose of ransoming Christian prisoners from the Moslems Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/17/19 Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17

Monday of the Third Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Adelaide, 932-999; widowed, and remarried, becoming empress of the Holy Roman Empire; established monasteries and churches; patroness of abuse victims Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/16/19 Gospel: Matthew 21:23-27

Third Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/15/19 Gospel: Matthew 11:2-11

Memorial of St. John of the Cross, 1542-1592; priest and doctor of the church; worked with St. Teresa of Avila to reform the Carmelite order; unique as a mystic-poet Saturday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/14/19 Gospel: Matthew 17:9-13

Memorial of St. Lucy, 283-304; virgin and martyr; a disappointed suitor accused her of being a Christian, and she was executed; patroness of eyesight Friday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/13/19 Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Thursday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/12/19 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38

Optional Memorial of Pope St. Damasus I, 304-384; served Pope Liberius, and succeeded him as bishop of Rome; denounced Arianism and other heresies; encouraged St. Jerome’s biblical studies Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/11/19 Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30

Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Gregory III, 690-741; defended the veneration of images of Jesus, Mary, and the saints, against Emperor Leo III Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/10/19 Gospel: Matthew 18:12-14