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Daybreak for September 17, 2025

Daybreak

* Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time * Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, 1542-1621; ordained in 1570, and devoted his energy to the study of church history and the early church fathers; Pope Clement VIII made him a cardinal, saying that "he had not his equal for learning"; he relaxed none of his austerities, limiting his household expenses to what was barely essential, and eating only food made available to the poor; in 1616, representing the Holy Office, he cautioned his friend Galileo not to put forward--except as a hypothesis--theories not yet fully proven * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/17/25 * Gospel: Luke 7:31-35