Saturday of the First Week of Lent
Saint of the Day: Pope St. Hilary; on the death of Pope Leo the Great, Hilary was elected pope; he worked to strengthen the Church in France and Spain; he rebuilt many Roman churches and erected the chapel of St. John Lateran; Hilary consolidated the Church in Sandi, Africa, and Gaul; he died in Rome on February 28, 468
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/28/26
Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48

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<li>Saturday of the First Week of Lent</li>
<li>Saint of the Day: Pope St. Hilary; on the death of Pope Leo the Great, Hilary was elected pope; he worked to strengthen the Church in France and Spain; he rebuilt many Roman churches and erected the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=2799">chapel</a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3907">St. John</a> Lateran; Hilary consolidated the Church in Sandi, Africa, and Gaul; he died in <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=10148">Rome</a> on February 28, 468</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/28/26</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48</li>
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Daybreak for February 28, 2026

Friday of the First Week of Lent
Saint of the Day: St. Anne Line, 1563-1601; disowned by her father after she married a Catholic, Robert Line; Robert was arrested, exiled, and died in Flanders, Belgium; Anne remained in England, where she hid Catholic priests in a London safe house until her arrest; she was hanged in Tyburn
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/27/26
Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26

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<li>Friday of the First Week of Lent</li>
<li>Saint of the Day: St. Anne Line, 1563-1601; disowned by her father after she married a Catholic, Robert Line; Robert was arrested, exiled, and died in Flanders, Belgium; Anne remained in England, where she hid&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=2678">Catholic</a> priests in a London safe house until her arrest; she was hanged in Tyburn</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/27/26</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26</li>
</ul>

Daybreak for February 27, 2026

Thursday of the First Week of Lent
Saint of the Day: St. Isabel of France, 1225-1270; sister of St. Louis and daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile; she refused offers of marriage to continue her life of virginity consecrated to God; she ministered to the sick and the poor, and after the death of her mother, founded the Franciscan Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary; she lived there in austerity, but never became a nun and refused to become abbess; she died there in 1270
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/26/26
Gospel: Matthew 7:7-12

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<li>Thursday of the First Week of Lent</li>
<li>Saint of the Day: St. Isabel of France, 1225-1270; sister of St. Louis and daughter of King Louis VIII of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=4817">France</a> and Blanche of Castile; she refused offers of marriage to continue her&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=7101">life</a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=12105">virginity</a> consecrated to God; she ministered to the sick and the poor, and after the death of her mother, founded the Franciscan Monastery of the <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=5969">Humility</a> of the Blessed Virgin Mary; she lived there in austerity, but never became a nun and refused to become abbess; she died there in 1270</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/26/26</li>
<li>Gospel: Matthew 7:7-12</li>
</ul>

Daybreak for February 26, 2026

Wednesday of the First Week of Lent
Saint of the Day: St. Victorinus; Third Century citizen of Corinth, Greece, he was exiled with a group of fellow Christians to Egypt during the persecutions under Emperor Numerian; Victor and the others had been exiled in 249 and lived in Egypt; under Governor Sabinus they were arrested again, brutally tortured, and finally executed at Diospolis in 284
Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/26
Gospel: Luke 11:29-32

<ul>
<li>Wednesday of the First Week of Lent</li>
<li>Saint of the Day: St. Victorinus; Third Century citizen of Corinth, Greece, he was exiled with a group of fellow Christians to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=4193">Egypt</a> during the persecutions under Emperor Numerian; <a href="https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=12046">Victor</a> and the others had been exiled in 249 and lived in Egypt; under Governor Sabinus they were arrested again, brutally tortured, and finally executed at Diospolis in 284</li>
<li>Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/26</li>
<li>Gospel: Luke 11:29-32</li>
</ul>

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