Daybreak for September 1, 2026
Daybreak
* Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time * Saint of the Day: St. Simeon the Stylite, 290-459; at thirteen, he heard a Gospel reading of the Beatitudes that greatly affected him; he entered a nearly monastery, and learned all the Psalms by heart; he became a hermit, and in 423, began living atop a pillar only a few feet in diameter and about ten feet high; later a much taller pillar over sixty-five feet high was built for him; the local bishops and abbots tested his virtue by commanding him to come down from the pillar, a command they immediately rescinded after the hermit demonstrated his humble willingness to obey them; he gave exhortations twice daily to those who gathered around the pillar * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/1/26 * Gospel: Luke 4:31-37