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Daybreak for August 10, 2022

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* Feast of St. Lawrence, 225-258; Roman deacon under Pope Sixtus II, who was martyred; the prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence present the "treasures of the Church"; Lawrence gathered blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned, and widowed persons, and said, "These are the treasures of the Church"; Lawrence was burned on a gridiron, and was heard to say, "It is well done. Turn me over!"; patron saint of chefs * Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/10/22 * Gospel: John 12:24-26