Saint of the Day: St. Bibiana; the daughter of Christians, who were martyred by Apronianus, the governor of Rome; Bibiana and her sister Demetria were left to live in poverty in their home, where they prayed and fasted; Apronianus summoned them, and after confessing her faith, Demetria fell dead at his feet; Bibiana was sentenced to be scourged until her death in the Fourth Century.
Saint of the Day: St. Radbod of Utrecht, 850-917; educated as a Christian, and became bishop of Utrecht in 900; distinguished himself for his aid to the poor and his poetry; he was forced to move his see to Deventer, France, because of an invasion by the Danes, and he died there.
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/29/24
Saint of the Day: St. James Intercisus; a Christian, and a favorite of the 5th Century King Yezdigerd I of Persia; when the king launched a persecution of Christians, James denied his faith; but he repented after Yezdigerd died, and proclaimed himself a Christian to the new king, Bahram; James was executed in 421 A.D. by having his body cut apart (thus his name, Intercisus--"cut to pieces") and then he was beheaded
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/27/24
Saint of the Day: St. Conrad; a member of the famous Guelph family and son of Count Henry of Altdorf, he was educated at the cathedral school of Constance and was ordained; he was made provost of the cathedral and in 934 was elected bishop of Constance; he gave his share of his inheritance to the Church and to the poor and built and renovated many churches in his see; St. Conrad died in 975 A.D.
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/26/24
Optional Memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria; became a Christian as the result of a vision; at age 18, she debated 50 pagan scholars, who were so impressed that they became Christians; Catherine was sentenced to be executed on a spiked wheel; when she touched the wheel, it shattered; she was beheaded in about 310 A.D.
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/25/24
Optional Memorial of Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, 1891-1927; born into a prosperous Mexican family; entered the Jesuits in 1911, but fled to Granada, Spain, because of religious persecution in Mexico; ordained in Belgium in 1925; he returned to Mexico to serve a church which was forced to go underground; arrested on trumped-up charges of trying assassinate the president of Mexico, and was sentenced to a firing squad in 1927; his final words were, "Viva Cristo Rey!"--"Long live Christ the King"
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/23/24
Gospel: Luke 20:27-40
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