Daybreak

Thursday of the Second Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. Juan Diego, 1474-1548; Our Lady of Guadalupe first appeared to him on Tepeyac hill on December 9, 1531; when he opened his tilma for the bishop to see the out-of-season roses which Our Lady had provided, her image appeared on the tilma; Juan later lived near the shrine constructed at Tepeyac, and was revered as a holy, unselfish, and compassionate catechist Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/9/21 Gospel: Matthew 11:11-15