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Daybreak for August 19, 2026

Daybreak

* Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time * Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes, 1601-1680; ordained a priest at 24, and became a parish missionary; John founded a new community, ultimately called the Eudists—the Congregation of Jesus and Mary–devoted to the formation of the clergy by conducting diocesan seminaries; in his parish mission work, John was disturbed by the sad condition of prostitutes who sought to escape their miserable life, leading to another new religious community, called the Sisters of Charity of the Refuge * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/19/26 * Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16