Daybreak for June 19, 2026

  • Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Optional Memorial of St. Romuald, 951-1027; Shocked by witnessing his father win a duel, Saint Romuald fled to a local abbey and entered religious life; he traveled through Italy reforming monasteries and eventually founded the Camaldolese Order; as Saint Peter Damian described, Saint Romuald’s goal was to, “…turn the whole world into a hermitage, and make all the multitude of the people associates of the monastic order”
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/19/26
  • Gospel: Matthew 6:19-23