Daybreak

Daybreak

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  • Daybreak for October 31, 2025
    • Friday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Wolfgang; born in Swabia, Germany; became a Benedictine, and was appointed head of the monastery school; in 972, he was named bishop of Regensburg; he brought the clergy of the diocese into his reforms, restored monasteries, promoted education, preached enthusiastically, and was renowned for his charity and aid to the poor; he also served as tutor to Emperor Henry II while he was still king; St. Wolfgang died near Linz, Austria, in 994 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/31/25
    • Gospel: Luke 14:1-6
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 30, 2025
    • Thursday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Serapion of Antioch; much praised by St. Jerome and Eusebius of Caesarea for his theological writings, and he was considered one of the chief theologians of his era; he became bishop of Antioch, Syria, in 190, and. was revered as a theologian; only fragments of his work have survived; among the extant writings are a letter to the Church of Rhossus forbidding the reading of the non-canonical Gospel of St. Peter and a letter against the heresy of Montanism—which held that its leaders were not just messengers of God, but “possessed” by God; St. Serapion died in 211
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/30/25
    • Gospel: Luke 13:31-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 29, 2025
    • Wednesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Abraham of Rostov; born in Galicia, Russia, and practiced the local pagan religion; when struck with a serious illness, he called on Christ, and was miraculously cured; he became a Christian, was baptized, and became a monk; he went to the city of Rostov, where he began his ministry among the pagan peoples; he built two parish churches as well as a monastery, and many institutions for the poor and suffering; he died in the 11th Century
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/29/25
    • Gospel: Luke 13:22-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 28, 2025
    • Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, two of the Twelve Apostles
    • Tuesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/28/25
    • Gospel: Luke 6:12-16
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 27, 2025
    • Monday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Abraham the Poor; sometimes referred to as "the Child," alluding to his purity and simplicity; born in Egypt, he became a disciple of St. Pachomius, the founder of cenobitic monasticism; he spent almost two decades in a cave near Pachomius' foundations; he died in 372 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/27/25
    • Gospel: Luke 13:10-17
    52 min
  • Daybreak 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
    1 hr
  • Daybreak 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
    52 min
  • Daybreak 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
    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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