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Monday of the Second Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. Nicholas, 270-343; Fourth Century bishop of Myra, a city in Lycia, province of Asia Minor; legend has it that he tossed bags of gold through a poor man’s window so that his daughters could be dowried, and married; in the English-speaking world, St. Nicholas has become known as Santa Claus Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/6/21 Gospel: Luke 5:17-26