Daybreak for August 27, 2026

  • Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
  • Memorial of St. Monica, 331-387; mother of St. Augustine of Hippo; after seventeen years of prayer, her pagan husband and her son converted to Christianity; her faithful spirit is evident in Augustine’s “Confessions”
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/27/26
  • Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51