Daybreak for June 17, 2021

  • Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Saint of the Day: St. Teresa of Portugal, 1176-1250; daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal; married her cousin and bore him several children, but the marriage was declared invalid due to consanguinity; founded a Benedictine monastery, and lived there, likely eventually becoming a nun
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/17/21
  • Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15