Daybreak for June 28, 2025

  • Saturday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Memorial of St. Irenaeus, 130-202; as bishop of Lyons, he was especially concerned with the “Gnostics,” who claimed “secret knowlege” which Jesus had imparted to only a few disciples; Irenaeus compared their “secret” with Holy Scripture, and showed a system of theology of great importance to subsequent times; his work gradually ended the influence of the Gnostics
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/28/25
  • Gospel: Matthew 8:5-17