Daybreak for August 10, 2022
AUG 10, 2022
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  • Feast of St. Lawrence, 225-258; Roman deacon under Pope Sixtus II, who was martyred; the prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence present the "treasures of the Church"; Lawrence gathered blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned, and widowed persons, and said, "These are the treasures of the Church"; Lawrence was burned on a gridiron, and was heard to say, "It is well done. Turn me over!"; patron saint of chefs

  • Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/10/22

  • Gospel: John 12:24-26

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