DaybreakDaybreak for March 16, 2026
- Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
- Saint of the Day: St. Finian Lobhar; Sixth Century Irish abbot, a disciple of St. Columba; tradition credits him with founding a church and monastery at Innisfallen; after a stay in Clonmore, Finian Lobhar became abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin; he may have returned to Clonmore in his later years; he became known as "Lobhar"--"the leper"--because he had contracted leprosy from a young boy whom he had cured of the disease; Finian died in 560
- Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/16/26
- Gospel: John 4:43-54
