Daybreak for February 19, 2026

  • Thursday after Ash Wednesday
  • Saint of the Day: St. Barbatus of Benevento, 612-682; born in Italy, ordained in Marcona; he was sent to Benevento, where he evangelized and converted many; when the assault of the Byzantine emperor ended and peace came, Barbatus was named bishop of Benevento; he attended the Council of Constantinople in 680, and died in Benevento in 682
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/26
  • Gospel: Luke 9:22-25