Daybreak for August 28, 2026

  • Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
  • Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor of the Church, 354-430; born in northern Africa to a Christian mother and a pagan father; spent years vascillating through Manicheism and Neoplatonism, and eventually converted to Christianity, baptized by St. Ambrose in Milan; he became a monk, and was ordained a priest in 391; four years later, he became bishop of Hippo
  • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/28/26
  • Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13