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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October 25, 2025Daybreak for October 25, 2025
Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. John Houghton, 1486-1535; protomartyr of the English Reformation; a Carthusian, and an opponent of King Henry VIII’s Acts of Succession and Supremacy; he was arrested with other Carthusians, but released temporarily; he refused to swear to the Oath of Supremacy, the first man to make this refusal; he was executed at Tyburn with four companions

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/25/25

Gospel: Luke 13:1-9
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1h
October 25, 2025Daybreak for October 24, 2025
Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret, 1807-1870; missionary, religious founder, social reformer, queen’s chaplain, writer and publisher, archbishop, and refugee; he was a Spaniard whose work took him to the Canary Islands, Cuba, Madrid, Paris, and to the First Vatican Council; at age 42, he founded the Claretians; he was appointed to the archdiocese of Santiago, Cuba; he was later recalled to Spain as the queen's chaplain; in the revolution of 1868, he fled to Paris with the queen’s party, where he preached to the Spanish colony; at the age of 63, he died in exile near the Spanish border

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/24/25

Gospel: Luke 12:54-59
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52min
October 23, 2025Daybreak for October 23, 2025
Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, 1386-1456; entered the Franciscan novitiate at the age of 30, and was ordained a priest four years later; his preaching attracted great throngs at a time of religious apathy and confusion; he helped bring about a brief reunion with the Greek and Armenian Churches; John preached a crusade against the Turks, for the protection of Europe; he led the army to Belgrade, where they gained an overwhelming victory; worn out by his efforts after the battle, he was an easy prey for infection, and died in 1456

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/23/25

Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
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52min
October 22, 2025Daybreak for October 22, 2025
Wednesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II, 1920-2005; born in Wadowice, Poland; he was elected pope in 1978, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years; in his 27 years of papal ministry, John Paul II wrote 14 encyclicals and five books, canonized 482 saints and beatified 1,338 people

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/22/25

Gospel: Luke 12:39-48
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52min
October 21, 2025Daybreak for October 21, 2025
Tuesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Hilarion, 291-371; abbot and disciple of St. Anthony the Great; born in Tabatha, Palestine, and educated in Alexandria, Egypt; stayed with St. Anthony in the desert before becoming a hermit at Majuma, near Gaza, Israel; in 356, Hilarion returned to the desert, but found that his fame had spread there; he fled to Sicily to escape notice, but Hesychius traced him there; the two went to Dalmatia, Croatia, and then to Cyprus; Hilarion performed so many miracles that crowds flocked to him when it was discovered he was in any region; he died on Cyprus

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/21/25

Gospel: Luke 12:35-38
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52min
October 20, 2025Daybreak for October 20, 2025
Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, 1694-1775; born in northern Italy; he developed a devotion to Christ's passion; he was known as one of the most popular preachers of his day; in 1720, he founded the Congregation of the Passion--the Passionists--whose members combined devotion to Christ’s passion with preaching to the poor, and rigorous penances; Paul was elected superior general of the congregation in 1747, and spent the remainder of his life in Rom

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/20/25

Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
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52min
October 19, 2025Daybreak for October 19, 2025
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/19/25

Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
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1h
October 18, 2025Daybreak for October 18, 2025
Feast of St. Luke; he wrote a major portion of the New Testament, a two-volume work comprising the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles; tradition holds him to be a native of Antioch; he became a companion to St. Paul; he died about 84 A.D.

Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/18/25

Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
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1h
October 17, 2025Daybreak for October 17, 2025
Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch; born in Syria, converted to Christianity, and became bishop of Antioch; in 107 A.D., the Emperor forced the Christians to choose between apostasy and death; Ignatius was condemned to be put to death in Rome; he is known for the seven letters that he sent during the long journey from Antioch to Rome--five to the churches in Asia Minor, one to Polycarp, and one to the Christians of Rome asking them not to try to prevent his martyrdom; Ignatius bravely met the lions in the Circus Maximus in about 107 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/17/25

Gospel: Luke 12:1-7
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52min
October 16, 2025Daybreak for October 16, 2025
Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 1647-1690; became a Visitation Nun at age 24; in 1674, she received the first of her revelations; she felt "invested" with the presence of God; during the next 13 months, Christ appeared to her at intervals, and told her that his human heart was to be the symbol of his divine-human love; some of Margaret Mary's own sisters were hostile, but Jesuit Claude de la Colombière recognized her genuineness and supported her; Christ called her to be a sacrificial victim for the shortcomings of her own sisters; she served as novice mistress and assistant superior, and died at the age of 43

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/16/25

Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
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52min

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