Good morning from The Little Station on Commercial Street in Atchison, Kansas.
The lights are on. The coffee is brewing. Commercial Street is beginning to stir.
And this is Daybreak.
Today’s Gospel begins with an argument about greatness.
The disciples ask Jesus who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. His answer is startling: He calls a child, places him in their midst, and tells them to become like little children.
Then comes another unforgettable image—the shepherd who discovers that one sheep has wandered away.
Ninety-nine are safe.
But one is missing.
And the one still matters.
That gives us the thread running quietly through this morning’s broadcast:
The Ones We Overlook.
On Today’s Daybreak
From The Little Station, our two hosts begin with Matthew 18:1–14 in the Douay-Rheims Bible and Christ’s surprising answer to the question of greatness.
Then we meet St. Clare of Assisi, whose feast the Church celebrates today—a young woman born into wealth who chose poverty, simplicity and an extraordinary life alongside the Franciscan movement. We’ll also discover the delightful reason this 13th-century saint eventually became associated with television and broadcasting.
Back here in Atchison, another school year is approaching. We look up the hill toward Benedictine College, where preparations are underway for students to return, and consider the announcement of the speaker for this year’s Academic Convocation.
That leads to a larger conversation about Catholic education.
What is education actually for?
Is its purpose simply to prepare someone for a career—or to form a human being capable of recognizing truth, goodness, beauty, responsibility and wonder?
Along the way, we visit the wider world of Catholic and classical education and the growing Chesterton Schools movement.
And before we leave, we return to that missing sheep.
There is something wonderfully strange about Christian arithmetic:
Ninety-nine can be safe, and the one still matters.
Maybe that is worth remembering on an ordinary Tuesday morning.
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Perhaps we spend too much time asking who is greatest.
Maybe the better question for this Tuesday morning is:
Who haven’t we noticed yet?
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