Daybreak

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Daybreak™ is a fresh, upbeat approach to morning devotions and prayer. Host Paul Sadek leads you in spiritual reflections and meditations from the daily Mass readings, Morning Prayer, the Holy Father’... more

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August 21, 2026Daybreak for August 21, 2026
Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of Pope St. Piux X, 1835-1914; at 23, he was ordained and became a chaplain; in 1875, he became episcopal chancellor of Treviso and spiritual director of the diocesan seminary; in 1884, Bishop of Mantua; and, in 1893, Patriarch of Venice; when elected pope in 1903, he chose as his motto, "To renew all things in Christ"; his papacy achieved a restructuring of the Roman Curia, revised guidelines for priestly formation, work toward a revision of the Code of Canon Law, a catechism, liturgical reforms, encouragement of frequent communion, and the establishment of the Biblical Institute in Rome; he died just before the start of World War I

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/21/26

Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40
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August 20, 2026Daybreak for August 20, 2026
Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153; at 23, he entered the monastery of Citeaux, and three years later was sent to found the monastery of Clairvaux; many were attracted to it, and monks were sent from it to Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Sweden, England, and Ireland to establish new Cistercian communities; Bernard was a brilliant writer, who knew the Bible extremely well; he had a great devotion to Mary

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/20/26

Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14
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1h
August 19, 2026Daybreak for August 19, 2026
Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes, 1601-1680; ordained a priest at 24, and became a parish missionary; John founded a new community, ultimately called the Eudists—the Congregation of Jesus and Mary–devoted to the formation of the clergy by conducting diocesan seminaries; in his parish mission work, John was disturbed by the sad condition of prostitutes who sought to escape their miserable life, leading to another new religious community, called the Sisters of Charity of the Refuge

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/19/26

Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16
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1h
August 18, 2026Daybreak for August 18, 2026
Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Helena; mother of Constantine the Great; traveled to the Holy Places in the Middle East in 326-328, and found three crosses; she had a woman who was near death place her hand on all three crosses; nothing happened with the first two; but when she touched the third one, she immediately recovered; Helena declared this to be the True Cross; Helena died around 330 with her devoted son by her side

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/18/26

Gospel: Matthew 19:23-30
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1h
August 17, 2026Daybreak for August 17, 2026
Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; born in Montefalco, Italy; as a young woman, she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries; her sister Joan was the abbess, and when she died, Clare succeeded her; she led an austere life, devoted to the Passion of Christ, and His Cross; when she died, an image of the cross was found imprinted on her heart, and her body remained incorrupt

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/17/26

Gospel: Matthew 19:16-22
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52min
August 16, 2026Daybreak for August 16, 2026
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/16/26

Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28
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1h
August 15, 2026Daybreak for August 15, 2026
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven

Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/26

Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
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August 14, 2026Daybreak for August 14, 2026
Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; he was ordained at the age of 24; in 1917, he formed an association called the Militia Immaculata, which started producing faith periodicals; it grew into a publishing house of 650 friars; in 1941, St. Maximilian was arrested and placed in a Nazi death camp; shortly after, he died at Auschwitz, from a lethal injection, when he bartered his own life for a man’s who had a family

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/26

Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12
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52min
August 13, 2026Daybreak for August 13, 2026
Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus; Pontian was Bishop of Rome from 230 – 236 A.D.; St. Hippolytus, a prominent theologian, was a theological opponent and rival of several of Pontian’s predecessors and of Pontian himself; when Maximinus I became emperor in 235, . he banished both men to the island of Sardinia; St. Hippolytus reconciled with Rome, and both men suffered inhumane treatment and death in the mines of Sardinia and they are celebrated together as holy martyrs in the Church

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/13/26

Gospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1
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52min
August 12, 2026Daybreak for August 12, 2026
Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; when she became a widow, she took a vow of chastity, and in 1604 began seeking spiritual direction from St. Francis de Sales; in 1610, they formed the Congregation of the Visitation, unique in that it admitted women deemed physically unsuitable by other orders; the members went outside their convents to serve the needy; by the time Jane was canonized, there were 164 communities of the order

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/26

Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20
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52min

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