Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for July 14, 2023
    • Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, 1656-1680; daughter of a Christian Algonquin and a Mohawk chief; lost her parents to a smallpox epidemic which left her disfigured and half-blind; moved by the words of the "Blackrobes"--Jesuit missionaries--who stayed with her uncle, she converted at the age of 19; she grew in grace rapidly, but was always in danger; fled 200 miles north to a Christian Indian village; took a vow of virginity at age 23; died the afternoon before Holy Thursday, 1680
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/14/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 13, 2023
    • Thursday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Henry, 972-1024; German king and Holy Roman Emperor; helped Pope Benedict VIII to quell disturbances in Rome; sought a stable peace throughout Europe; fostered the reform of ecclesiastical and monastic life
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/13/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:7-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 12, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saints of the Day: Saints John Jones (2530-1598) and John Wall (1620-1679); two friars martyred in England in the 16th and 17th Centuries; John Jones was Welsh, and was twice imprisoned for administering the sacraments before he left England in 1590; joined the Franciscans and returned to England, where he ministered to Catholics until he was imprisoned, and condemned to death; John Wall was born in England, but educated Belgium; returned to England secretly, and was accused of being part of a plot to murder the king; he was arrested, imprisoned, and executed
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/12/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:1-7
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 11, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Benedict, 480-547; born in central Italy, and drawn to monasticism; lived in a cave as a hermit for three years; some followers chose him as their leader, but disliked his strictness; but he had the idea of gathering various families of monks to give them the benefit of unity, fraternity, and permanent worship in one house; he began building Monte Cassino; The Rule that gradually developed prescribed a life of liturgical prayer, study, manual labor, and living together in community under a common abbot
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/11/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:32-38
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 10, 2023
    • Monday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Anthony Pechersky, 983-1073; born in Ukraine; after spending time on Mount Athos in Greece, he founded a hermitage in Kiev, which became known as the "Caves of Kiev"; founded another monastery in Chernagov; one of the fathers of Ukrainian monasticism
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/10/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:18-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 8, 2023
    • Saturday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Jeanne-Marie Kerguin, 1864-1900; born to a poor peasant family in France; joined the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1887, and was sent to Paris, then to Carthage in Northern Africa; health problems forced her to go to Rome to recover; she then went to China, and was almost immediately hospitalized with typhus; during a crackdown on foreign missionaries during the Boxer Rebellion, she was executed
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/8/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:14-17
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 7, 2023
    • Friday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Palladius; first bishop of Ireland, and immediate predecessor to St. Patrick; consecrated a bishop by Pope Celestine I, and sent to Ireland; his mission apparently had little impact on the people; he sailed to Scotland to preach to the Picts, but died shortly after arriving
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/7/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 6, 2023
    • Thursday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti, 1890-1902; daughter of a poor Italian tenant farmer; she was attacked by a neighbor, Alessandro, who stabbed her with a dagger; she died about 24 hours after the attack; while in prison, Alessandro had a dream of Maria gathering flowers, and offering them to him, and his life was changed; upon his release, he sought the forgiveness of Maria's mother, and was present at Maria's canonization
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/6/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 5, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, 1502-1539; gave up life as a doctor to become a religious; helped to found three religious congregations--one for men, one for women, and another for married couples--the Barnabites; he encouraged the collaboration of laity in the apostolate, frequent communion, Forty Hours devotion, and the ringing of church bells on Friday at 3 p.m.; died at the age of 36
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/5/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 8:28-34
    52 min

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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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