Daybreak

Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus, pope and antipope; Pontian was the first pope to abdicate; he struggled with the schismatic movement which supported the antipope Hippolytus; Pontian was arrested by Roman officials in 235; Hippolytus was reconciled to the church before his martyrdom; both died in 235 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/13/24 Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14