Daybreak for November 11, 2025
Daybreak
* Tuesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time * Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, 316-397; after discharge from the army, he went to be a disciple of Hilary of Poitiers; Martin became a monk, first living in Milan, and then on an island; he returned to France and established what may have been the first French monastery near Poitiers; the people of Tours wanted Martin to be their bishop; so they invited him on a ruse, to visit a sick person; he was taken to the church and reluctantly allowed himself to be consecrated bishop; as death approached, Martin’s followers begged him not to leave them; he prayed, “Lord, if your people still need me, I do not refuse the work; Your will be done” * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/11/25 * Gospel: Luke 17:7-10