Daybreak

Daybreak

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  • Daybreak 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
    52 min
  • Daybreak 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
    1 hr
  • Daybreak 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
    52 min
  • Daybreak 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
    52 min
  • Daybreak 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
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 16, 2025
    • Tuesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian; Cornelius was elected pope in 251; one of his great challenges was the question of whether the Church could pardon and receive back into the Church those who had apostacized in the face of martyrdom; Cornelius insisted that they be welcomed back; in 253, Cornelius was exiled, and died of the hardships of his exile; Cyprian was a close friend of Pope Cornelius, and supported him both against the anti-pope Novatian and in his views concerning the re-admittance of apostates into the Church; he was martyred in 258 during the persecutions of the emperor Valerian
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/16/25
    • Gospel: Luke 7:11-17
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 14, 2025
    • Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; commemorating the discovery of the True Cross in 326, its initial exaltation for public veneration in 335, and the recovery of the Cross from the Persians in 628
    • 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/14/25
    • Gospel: John 3:13-17
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for September 13, 2025
    • Saturday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, 349-407; his name is a tribute to his preaching, meaning "golden-mouthed"; he reluctantly became bishop of Constantinople; but his zeal led him to decisive action, including deposing bishops who had bribed their way into office; he called for concrete steps to share wealth with the poor; Theophilus, the bishop of Alexandria, and the Empress Eudoxia were determined to discredit John; the empress finally had him exiled, where he died
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/13/25
    • Gospel: Luke 6:43-49
    1 hr

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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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