St. Columban, optional memorial 1st Reading: Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 For keeping God’s laws, Daniel and his companions are more respected than all magicians and counselors in the Babylon In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. The Lord let King Jehoiakim…