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Daybreak for September 10, 2024

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* Tuesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time * Saint of the Day: St. Peter Martinez; lived in the Tenth Century; he was a leader of the Spanish Reconquista, a centuries-long series of battles by Christian states to expel the Muslims (Moors), who from the 8th century ruled most of the Iberian Peninsula;  born in Galicia, Spain, he became a Benedictine in about 950; he was appointed abbot of St. Martin of Antealares at Compostela, and he was named archbishop of that see about 986; he is traditionally credited as one of the composers of the Salve Regina * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/10/24 * Gospel: Luke 6:12-19