Daybreak for April 10, 2026

  • Friday in the Octave of Easter
  • Saint of the Day: St. Paternus; Eleventh Century Irish/Scottish hermit; born either inIrelandorScotland and joined a monastery; going to Westphalia, he was one of the first monks to enter the Abdinghof Monastery under the leadership of St. Meinwerk; Paternus lived as a hermit in one of the cells; such was his obedience to the vow of enclosure that when a fire erupted in 1058 and engulfed Abdinghof, he would not leave his cell, and so burned to death; he was much honored by St. PeterDamian
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/10/26
  • Gospel: John 21:1-14