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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
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 3,262 episodes available.
August 18, 2022Daybreak for August 18, 2022 Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Helena, 248-328; mother of Emperor Constantine the Great; helped re-establish Christianity in the Holy Land, after a period of decline; discovered relics of the True Cross Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/18/22 Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14 ...more1hPlay
August 17, 2022Daybreak for August 17, 2022 Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries and succeeded her sister as abbess; let an austere life, devoted to the Passion of Christ and His Cross; on her death, an image of the Cross was found imprinted on her heart, and her body remained incorrupt Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/17/22 Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16 ...more1hPlay
August 16, 2022Daybreak for August 16, 2022 Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Stephen of Hungary, 975-1038; as ruler of Hungary, he adopted a policy of Christianization of the country; he established a system of tithes to support churches and pastors, and to relieve the poor; he abolished pagan customs, and was easily accissible to all, especially the poor Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/16/22 Gospel: Matthew 19:23-30 ...more1hPlay
August 15, 2022Daybreak for August 15, 2022 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Into Heave - Proclaimed a dogma by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950 Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/22 Gospel: Luke 1:39-56 ...more52minPlay
August 14, 2022Daybreak for August 14, 2022 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/22 Gospel: Luke 12:49-53 ...more1hPlay
August 13, 2022Daybreak for August 13, 2022 Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus; Third Century pope and antipope, respectively, who were both exiled to the mines of Sardinia, where they reconciled, and both died as martyrs Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/13/22 Gospel: Matthew 19:13-15 ...more1hPlay
August 12, 2022Daybreak for August 12, 2022 Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; married Baron de Chantal, by whom she had six children, three of whom died in infancy; widowed, and with the help of St. Francis de Sales, founded the Visitation order; encouraged local authorities to assist victims of the plague, and put all her convents resources at the disposal of the sick Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/22 Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12 ...more52minPlay
August 11, 2022Daybreak for August 11, 2022 Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Clare of Assisi, 1194-1253; lifelong friend of St. Francis; received a habit from St. Francis, after which he placed her in a convent; others followed; Clare became abbess at age 21, a responsibility which she exercised until her death; served the sick, and washed the feet of the begging nuns; came from prayer with her face shining; received a vision of the community's vespers service while confined to a sickbed, and was thus designated the patroness of television Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/11/22 Gospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1 ...more52minPlay
August 10, 2022Daybreak for August 10, 2022 Feast of St. Lawrence, 225-258; Roman deacon under Pope Sixtus II, who was martyred; the prefect of Rome demanded that Lawrence present the "treasures of the Church"; Lawrence gathered blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned, and widowed persons, and said, "These are the treasures of the Church"; Lawrence was burned on a gridiron, and was heard to say, "It is well done. Turn me over!"; patron saint of chefs Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/10/22 Gospel: John 12:24-26 ...more52minPlay
August 09, 2022Daybreak for August 9, 2022 Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, 1891-1942; abandoned Judaism, but was so taken with the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila that she became a Catholic, and then a Carmelite nun; taken by the Nazis from the convent in the Netherlands, and died at Auschwitz in 1942 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/9/22 Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 ...more52minPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 3,262 episodes available.