Daybreak

Wednesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, 1386-1456; became governor of Perugia at age 26; he soon decided to take his life in a different direction--he joined the Franciscan novitiate, and was ordained a priest at age 34; his preaching drew large crowds in an age of religious apathy and confusion; commissioned to preach a crusade for the defense of Europe; died of an infection after the battle Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/23/24 Gospel: Luke 12:39-48