Daybreak

Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Mathilda, 895-968; daughter of a Saxon count, married to Henry "the fowler," who became King of Germany in 919; Queen Mathilda visited and comforted the sick and afflicted, instructed the ignorant, succored prisoners, and worked to convert sinners; when King Henry died, she renounced all worldly pomp; of her three sons, Otho became Emperor and then King of Germany, Henry was Duke of Bavaria, and St. Bruno became the archbishop of Cologne Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/14/23 Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35