Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Nicholas Owen, 1550-1606; born at Oxford, England, and became a carpenter, building hiding places for Jesuit priests in mansions; he became a Jesuit lay brother in 1580, and was arrested in 1594; he was tortured, but refused to reveal the names of his Catholic colleagues; he was released when a ransom was paid by a wealthy Catholic; Nicholas was again arrested in 1606 and imprisoned in the tower of London; he was subjected to such vicious torture that he died of it Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/22/25 Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

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