Daybreak for October 21, 2026

  • Wednesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Saint of the Day: St. Hilarion, 291-371; Abbot and disciple of St. Anthony the Great, companion of St. Hesychius; born in Palestine, educated in Egypt; stayed with St. Anthony the Great in the desert before becoming a hermit in Gaza; he rejoined Anthony in Egypt in 356, but found that his fame had spread there too; he fled to Sicily to escape notice, but Hesychius traced him there; the two went to Dalmatia, Croatia, and then to Cyprus; Hilarion performed so many miracles that crowds flocked to him when it was discovered he was in any region; he died on Cyprus
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/21/26
  • Gospel: Luke 12:39-48