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Daybreak for May 8, 2026

Daybreak

* Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter * Saint of the Day: St. Maria Magdalen of Canossa, 1774-1835; foundress of the Daughters of Charity at Verona, Italy; she was the daughter of the Marquis of Canossa, who died when Maria Magdalen was three; her mother abandoned the family, and Maria Magdalen managed her father’s estate until she was thirty-three, then founding her institute; when she died in 1835, her Daughters of Charity were widespread * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/8/26 * Gospel: John 15:12-17