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Daybreak for August 17, 2026

Daybreak

* Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time * Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; born in Montefalco, Italy; as a young woman, she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries; her sister Joan was the abbess, and when she died, Clare succeeded her; she led an austere life, devoted to the Passion of Christ, and His Cross; when she died, an image of the cross was found imprinted on her heart, and her body remained incorrupt * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/17/26 * Gospel: Matthew 19:16-22