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Daybreak for August 31, 2026

Daybreak

* Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time * Saint of the Day: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne; born in Ireland, went to Lindisfarne as bishop, and became known for his knowledge of the Bible, his learning, his eloquent preaching, his holiness, his distaste for pomp, his kindness to the poor, and the miracles attributed to him; he founded a monastery at Lindisfarne that became known as the English Iona and was a center of learning and missionary activity for all of northern England; he died in 651 at the royal castle at Bamburgh * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/31/26 * Gospel: Luke 4:16-30