Daybreak for July 2, 2026

  • Thursday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Saint of the Day: St. Monegundis; Sixth Century hermitess, born in Chartres, France, and married; when her daughters died, she received her husband’s permission to become a hermitess; she started a hermitage atChartresbut then moved to a site near thetombof St.Martin at Tours; disciples who joined her forced her to establish a rule that led to the founding of a convent; she died in 570, and many miracles took place at her tomb
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/2/26
  • Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8