Saint of the Day: St. Hypatius of Bithynia, 366-450; hermit, known as the "Scholar of Christ"; sheltered people whose lives were threatened by Nestorian heretics; credited with halting a revival of the Olympic games because their pagan origins; known for miracles and prophecies
Saint of the Day: St. Teresa of Portugal, 1178-1250; married a cousin, but the marriage was declared invalid due to consanguinity; founded a Benedictine monastery, replaced the monks with nuns, and expanded it to accommodate 300 nuns, and she lived there
Saint of the Day: St. John Friancis Regis, 1597-1640; entered the Jesuits at age 18; after ordination, he did missionary work in various French towns; gave great attention to the poor; he greatly desired to serve the Native Americans in Canada, but spent his days working in the most desolate parts of France; spent his last four years preaching and organizing social services
Saint of the Day: St. Joseph the Hymnographer, 810-886; the most prolific of the Greek hymn writers; native of Sicily, but abandoned the island in 830 in the wake of an invasion by the Arabs; founded a monastery in Constantinople; exiled for his defense of icons during the Iconoclast persecution
Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, 1195-1231; joined the Franciscans, and prepared to preach to the Moors, but illness prevented this; first friar to teach theology to the other friars. called to preach to the Abigensians in France; spent his last days in a sort of treehouse hermitage
Memorial of St. Barnabas; friend, associate, and fellow-preacher with St. Paul, until a disagreement over the participation of John Mark, who had earlier abandoned the apostolic mission; the three eventually reconciled
Saint of the Day: St. Landericus; Seventh Century bishop of Paris, who had great love for the poor and lowly; erected the city's first hospital; welcomed the Benedictines to his diocese, and encouraged them to set of the Abbey of Denis; died 661 A.D.
Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, 306-373; famous as a teacher and writer; wrote hymns against the heretics of his day by composing new words to the heretical melodies; known as "Harp of the Holy Spirit"; lived in a small cave overlooking the city of Edessa
Saint of the Day: St. William of York, 1090-1154; nominated archbishop of York in 1140, but due to internal church disagreements, did not become the archbishop un 1154; died two months later, likely from poisoning; following his death, miracles were attributed to him
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/8/22
Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19
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