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Daybreak for August 21, 2024

Daybreak

* Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time * Memorial of Pope St. Pius X; 1835-1914; became pope at the age of 68; encouraged Italian Catholics to become more politically involved; stood up to France's renunciation of its agreement with the Holy See; denounced the ill treatment of indigenous peoples on the plantations of Peru; sent a relief commission to Messina after an earthquake, and sheltered refugees at his own expense; died shortly after the beginning of World War I * Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/21/24 * Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16