Daybreak for July 19, 2024

  • Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Saint of the Day: St. Macrena the Younger, 330-379; granddaughter of Macrena the Elder, sister of Saints Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter of Sebastea; when her fiancé died, she dedicated her life to God; she and her mother retired to the family estate in Pontus and lived a life of prayer and contemplation in a community they formed there
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/19/24
  • Gospel: Matthew 12:1-8