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Daybreak for July 14, 2026

Daybreak

* Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time * Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, 1656-1680; Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe; orphaned, due to smallpox, and raised by her village; when Jesuit missionaries arrived, she asked to be baptized; many in her clan could not accept this, so she was forced to retreat to a town north on the St. Lawrence River; when she died, it is said that the smallpox scars on her face disappeared; she is the first Native American to be canonized a saint * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/14/26 * Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24