Monday of the First Week of Advent
Saint of the Day: St. James of the Marche, 1394-1476; joined the Friars Minor, and studied with St. John of Capistrano; preached all over Italy and through 13 central and eastern European countries; established nonprofit credit organizations which lent money on pawned objects at low rates, making him one of the fathers of the modern pawnshop
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/28/22
Gospel: Matthew 8:5-11