Daybreak for March 26, 2025

  • Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
  • Saint of the Day: St. Basil the Younger; Tenth Century hermit with gifts of prophecy; living near Constantinople when he was imprisoned and tortured as a spy; his miracles and prophecies won him his freedom, and he returned to his hermitage with a disciple, Gregory; there, he denounced the immorality of the aristocracy, including Princess Anastasia, an activity that brought him persecution; he died in 952
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/26/25
  • Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19