Daybreak for April 17, 2025

  • Holy Thursday
  • Saint of the Day: St. Robert of Chaise Dieu; 11th Century Benedictine abbot and founder, born in Auvergne, France; after becoming a priestandcanon of St. Julian’s in Brioude, he founded a hospice; he then gave himself over to thespiritual directionofSt. Odilo at Cluny, France; after making a pilgrimage to Rome, he was moved to give up his life at Cluny and to settle near Brioude; there he attracted followers and built the abbey of Casa Dei to house the burgeoning community of three hundred monks; St. Robert died in 1067
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/17/25
  • Gospel: John 13:1-15