Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for October 11, 2025
    • Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. John XXIII, 1881-1963; in 1958, he was elected pope, and took the name John XXIII; it was originally expected that Pope John XXIII would only serve a short time before passing away and that he would make no significant changes to Church practice; but his most influential decision was the call for an ecumenical council which would be known as Vatican II; Pope John XXIII generally maintained a good reputation among those who remembered him and he was often titled "the Good"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/11/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for October 10, 2025
    • Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia, 1510-1572; a member of the Spanish nobility, but when his wife died, he became a Jesuit priest; he had to help the cook, gathering wood for the fire and sweeping the floor, but never complained; the only time he became angry was when anyone treated him with respect as if he was still a Duke; he preached everywhere, and spread the Society of Jesus all over Spain and Portugal; under his guidance, the Jesuits grew to be a very great help to the Church in many lands
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/10/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:15-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 9, 2025
    • Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorials of St. Denis and Companions, first bishop of Paris, died about 258 A.D.; and St. John Henry Newman, 1801-1890, Anglican converted to Catholicism, canonized 2019
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/9/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:5-13
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 8, 2025
    • Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Keyne; a Fifth Century holy woman, one of the 24 children of King Brychan of Brecknock, Wales; after refusing several offers of marriage, she became a hermitess on the banks of the Severn River in Somersetshire, England; she lived there for several years and traveled much, and was then persuaded by her nephew, St. Cadoc, to return to Wales; she founded numerous churches in South Wales, Cornwall, and perhaps Somerset
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/8/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:1-4
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 7, 2025
    • Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary; originally, "Our Lady of Victory," in honor of the victory in the Battle of Lepanto, attributed to the praying of the rosary
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/25
    • Gospel: Luke 10:38-42
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 6, 2025
    • Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose DuRocher, 1811-1849; born at St. Antoine, Quebec, Canada; she helped her brother, a parish priest, and in the process established the first Canadian parish Sodality for young women; in 1843, she was invited by Bishop Bourget to found a new congregation of women dedicated to Christian education; she founded the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary; in spite of many obstacles, her community flourished, and she remained unswerving in her concern for the poor; worn out by her many labors, Marie Rose DuRocher died at the age of 38
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/6/25
    • Gospel: Luke 10:25-37
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 4, 2025
    • Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226; a serious illness caused him to abandon his frolicking life as leader of Assisi's youth; lengthy and difficult prayer led him to a self-emptying; from the cross in the neglected field-chapel of San Damiano, Christ told him, “Francis, go out and build up my house, for it is nearly falling down”; he gave up all of his possessions, he had no intention of founding an order, but once it began he protected it and accepted all the legal structures needed to support it; his devotion and loyalty to the Church were absolute; two years before his death, received the stigmata, the painful wounds of Christ in his hands, feet, and side; Francis died in 1221
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/4/25
    • Gospel: Luke 10:17-24
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for October 3, 2025
    • Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Adalgott; he was a monk in the Benedictine Monastery of Clairvaux, where St. Bernard trained his successors; he was appointed the abbot of the Benedictines in Dissentis, where he became known  for his care of the sick and poor; when Adalgott was named bishop of Chur, he conducted an apostolate for the suffering of the region, founding a hospital in 1150; he died in 1165
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/3/25
    • Gospel: Luke 10:13-16
    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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