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Thursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time, Thanksgiving Day in the United States Optional Memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria; reputed to have converted after receiving a vision; at 18, she debated 50 pagan philosophers, who, in turn, converted, along with 200 soldiers and members of the emperor’s family–all were martyred; Catherine was also sentenced to death in about 310 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/25/21 Gospel: Luke 21:20-28