Daybreak for October 8, 2026

  • Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
  • Saint of the Day: St. Keyne; daughter of King Brychan of Brecknock, Wales; she refused several suitors’ offers of marriage and became a hermitess on the banks of the Severn River in Somersetshire, England; after living there for several years, during which she traveled widely, she was persuaded by her nephew to return to Wales, though exactly where she spent her last days is not known; during her travels, she founded numerous churches in South Wales, Cornwall, and perhaps Somerset
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/8/26
  • Gospel: Luke 11:5-13