Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for August 14, 2023
    • Monday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; Franciscan priest from a portion of Poland which is now part of Ukraine; founded the Militia of the Immaculata, and the magazine, "Knight of the Immaculata"; arrested by Nazis in 1939, and then released; arrested again in 1941, and was sent to a starvation bunker; a prisoner had escaped, and ten men were to die as punishment; St. Maximilian offered to replace one of those, who had a wife and family; St. Maximilian died by lethal injection
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 17:22-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 12, 2023
    • Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; after being widowed, she fell into depression at her family home; at the age of 32, she met St. Francis de Sales, who became her spiritual director; with him, she helped to found an order which would exemplify the virtues of Mary at the Visition--hence, their name, the Visitation Nuns; Jane Frances underwent great spiritual trials, and died while on a visit to convents of the community
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 17:14-20
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 11, 2023
    • Friday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Clare of Assisi, 1194-1253; moved by the preaching of St. Francis, who placed her in a convent; sixteen days later, her sister Agnes joined her, and others followed; they lived a simple life of great poverty, austerity, and complete seclusion from the world; Clare came from prayer, it was said, with her face so shining it dazzled those about her.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/11/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 16:24-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 10, 2023
    • Feast of St. Lawrence, 225-258; Roman deacon under Pope St. Sixtus II, martyred just days before Lawrence; when the Roman prefect demanded that Lawrence present him with "the treasures of the Church," Lawrence assembled a group of blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned, and widowed persons, and said, "These are the treasures of the Church"; Lawrence was martyred on a gridiron over hot coals, and was known to remark, "It is well done. Turn me over!”"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/10/23
    • Gospel: John 12:24-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 9, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, 1891-1942; brilliant philosopher from a Jewish family; she stopped believing in God at age 14; but she was so captivated by the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila, that she was eventually baptized, and later became a Carmelite; she lived for four years in the Cologne Carmel, and then moved to the Carmel in Echt, Netherlands; Nazis were arresting all Jews who had become Christians, and Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa--also a Catholic--died in the gas chamber at Auschwitz
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/9/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 8, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Dominic, 1170-1221; born in Old Castile, Spain, and was prepared for priesthood by a priest-uncle; on a journey through France with his bishop, he came face-to-face with the Albigensian heresy, which held that all matter was evil, thus denying the Incarnation and the sacraments; Dominic led a preaching crusade against Albigensianism; he and his fellow preachers eventually formed a community, and the Order of Preachers--the Dominicans--began in 1215
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/8/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 14:22-36
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 7, 2023
    • Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Sixtus II; became pope in 257, and helped to heal the rift between Rome and Carthage over baptism; forbidden to hold services, he was martyred while preaching in the cemetery chapel in 258 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/7/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 5, 2023
    • Saturday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of the Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome; first raised in the mid-4th Century, it has survived many restorations; one of the four "patriarchal churches" in memory of the first centers of the Church; the feast is also known as Our Lady of the Snows
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/5/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 14:1-12
    1 hr

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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…

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