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Daybreak for July 15, 2026

Daybreak

* Wednesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time * Memorial of St. Bonaventure, 1221-1274; entered the Franciscan Order in his early twenties, and studied in Paris, where, in 1248, he received a doctorate in theology; in 1257, he was elected Minister General of the Order' in 1273, he became Cardinal of Albano and played a prominent role at the Council of Lyons, which aimed to unite the Latin and Greek Churches; he died in 1274, was canonized in 1482 and proclaimed a doctor of the Church in 1588 by Sixtus V * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/15/26 * Gospel: Matthew 11:25-27