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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September 26, 2025Daybreak for September 26, 2025
Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of Saints Cosmas and Damian, brothers born in Arabia, who were proficient in the science of medicine; as Christians, they refused payment for their treatment; when the persecution of Diocletian broke out, they became marked objects of persecution; they were apprehended and underwent various torments in about the year 283; they are the patrons of pharmacists

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/26/25

Gospel: Luke 9:18-22
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52min
September 25, 2025Daybreak for September 25, 2025
Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Cleophas; he was one of the two disciples who met Christ on the road to Emmaus; he was also identified as the father of Mary, one of whom stood with the Mother of God at the foot of the Cross; he has been identified as the father of St. James the Less and as brother of St. Joseph; he died in the First Century

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/25/25

Gospel: Luke 9:7-9
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52min
September 24, 2025Daybreak for September 24, 2025
Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Rupert of Salzberg; he was bishop of Worms in the Seventh Century when he was called to evangelize Bavaria; Duke Theodo II gave him land, on which he established the Abbey of St. Peter and the Nonnburg Convent; he converted pagan temples into Christian churches, and established the salt-mining industry, from which the city of Salzberg gets its name; when Rupert died in about 710, he was buried in St. Peter's Abbey, but his relics were later translated to the Cathedral at Salzberg

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/24/25

Gospel: Luke 9:1-6
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52min
September 23, 2025Daybreak for September 23, 2025
Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, 1887-1968; grew up in a farming family in southern Italy; joined the Capuchins at the age of 15; on September 20, 1918, he had a vision of Jesus, and at the end of the vision, he had the stigmata in his hands, feet, and side; busloads of people came to see him, and in time his confessional ministry lasted ten hours per day

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/23/25

Gospel: Luke 8:19-21
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52min
September 22, 2025Daybreak for September 22, 2025
Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Phocas the Gardener; in the third century, he cultivated a garden near the city gate of Sinope, now in Turkey; he shared with the poor what he earned from his gardening, and opened his home to travelers lacking a place to stay; the the pagan Romans became aware of him, and sent soldiers to find and arrest him; soldiers stopped at Phocas’ door and received lodging from him, unaware that their host was the man they were charged to capture; the next morning, he revealed to them his identity; at first, the soldiers were reluctant to carry out their orders against their kind host, but in the end they beheaded him; Phocas is venerated as a patron saint of both gardeners and mariners

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/22/25

Gospel: Luke 8:16-18
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52min
September 21, 2025Daybreak for September 21, 2025
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/21/25

Gospel: Luke 16:1-13
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September 20, 2025Daybreak for September 20, 2025
Saturday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasan, and companions, the Korean martyrs; Christianity came to Korea during the Japanese invasion in 1592 when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers; yhe first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts; following his baptism at the age of 15, Andrew traveled 1,300 miles to the seminary in Macao, China, and was ordained a priest in Shanghai; Paul Chong Hasang, a lay apostle and married man, died in 1839 at age 45; besides Andrew and Paul, Pope John Paul II canonized 98 Koreans and three French missionaries who had been martyred between 1839 and 1867

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/20/25

Gospel: Luke 9:18-22
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1h
September 19, 2025Daybreak for September 19, 2025
Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Januarius; in Diocletian's persecution of 305, Januarius and his companions were thrown to the bears in the amphitheatre, but the animals failed to attack, so they were beheaded; Januarius' blood was eventually brought to Naples, where it liquifies 18 times per year; the phenomenon eludes natural explanation

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/19/25

Gospel: Luke 8:1-3
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52min
September 18, 2025Daybreak for September 18, 2025
Thursday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Joseph of Cupertino, 1603-1663; "the flying saint"; entered the Franciscan order, and was ordained a priest; over seventy times, people say they saw him rise from the ground while offering mass or praying; at Mass he is said to have frequently floated in the air in rapture; once as Christmas carols were being sung, he soared to the high altar and knelt in the air, in ecstatic prayer; endured many severe trials and temptations in his life

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/18/25

Gospel: Luke 7:36-50
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52min
September 17, 2025Daybreak for September 17, 2025
Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, 1542-1621; ordained in 1570, and devoted his energy to the study of church history and the early church fathers; Pope Clement VIII made him a cardinal, saying that "he had not his equal for learning"; he relaxed none of his austerities, limiting his household expenses to what was barely essential, and eating only food made available to the poor; in 1616, representing the Holy Office, he cautioned his friend Galileo not to put forward--except as a hypothesis--theories not yet fully proven

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/17/25

Gospel: Luke 7:31-35
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52min

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