Daybreak for June 28, 2023

  • Wednesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Memorial of St. Irenaeus, 130-202; as bishop of Lyons, he was concerned with the Gnostics, a group of heretical sects claiming to have “secret knowledge” imparted by Jesus to only a few; the work of Irenaeus gradually ended the influence of the Gnostics; declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Francis in 2022
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/28/23
  • Gospel: Matthew7:15-20