Daybreak

Wednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, 1891-1927; joined the Jesuits in 1911, but fled to Spain to avoid religious persecution; ordained in Belgium in 1925; returned to Mexico, serving a Church forced to go underground; he celebrated the eucharist clandestinely, and ministered other sacraments to small groups of Catholics; arrested on trumped-up charges of attempting to assassinate the president of Mexico; died by firing squad November 23, 1927 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/23/22 Gospel: Luke 21:12-19