Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for August 2, 2025
    • Saturday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, 300-371; refused to consent to the Arian condemnation of St. Athanasius; the emperor exiled him to Palestine, and then to Asia Minor and Egypt; a new emperor allowed him to return to Vercelli, where he was the bishop; died peacefully in his own diocese at what was then considered to be an advanced age
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/2/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 14:1-12
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 1, 2025
    • Friday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1696-1787; founded the Redemptorists in 1732, dedicated to the imitation of Christ, and working mainly in popular missions for peasants in rural areas; he became a bishop at 66, and immediately began a reform of his diocese; at 71, he was afflicted with rheumatic pains; he suffered a final 18 months of “dark night” scruples, fears, temptations against every article of faith and every virtue, interspersed with intervals of light and relief, when ecstasies were frequent; best known for his work in moral theology, but also wrote well of spiritual and dogmatic theology
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/1/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:54-58
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 31, 2025
    • Thursday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556; severely injured his leg in a war injury, and while convalescing read a life of Christ and lives of the saints, and was deeply touched; he began a conversion, during which he began writing the material which later became "The Spiritual Exercises"; in 1534 Ignatius and six others vowed to live in poverty and chastity and go to the Holy Land, if possible, or to submit themselves to the apostolic service of the pope; the Society of Jesus was approved by Pope Paul III, and Ignatius became its first general; his spirituality is expressed in the Jesuit motto, "for the greater glory of God"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/31/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:47-53
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 30, 2025
    • Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chrysologus, 380-450; born in Imola, Italy; baptized, educated, and ordained a deacon by Cornelius, bishop of Imola; called "Chrysologus," or "golden worded," because of his eloquence in speaking; became bishop of Ravenna in 433; got rid of the last vestiges of paganism among his flock; counseled the heretic Eutyches, to avoid division and to learn from other heretics who were crushed when they hurled themselves against the rock of Peter; died at Imola
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/30/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:44-46
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 29, 2025
    • Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus; close friends of Jesus; he visited as a welcomed guest
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/29/25
    • Gospel: John 11:19-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 28, 2025
    • Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, 1910-1946; Franciscan religious sister; first canonized saint from India, and the first canonized saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an eastern Catholic Church of the St. Thomas Christian Community
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/28/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 26, 2025
    • Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary; their names from a legend which stems from a century after the Resurrection, but they represent and entire quiet series of generations who were preparing for the Messiah
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/26/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 25, 2025
    • Feast of St. James, apostle--brother of St. John
    • Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/25/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 24, 2025
    • Thursday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel Makhlouf, 1828-1898; at age 23, he joined the Monastery of St. Maron at Annaya, Lebanon; he professed final vows in 1853, and was ordained six years later; he lived as a hermit from 1875 until his death; he followed a strict fast and was very devoted to the Blessed Sacrament; when his superiors occasionally asked him to administer the sacraments to nearby villages, Sharbel did so gladly; Sharbel died in the late afternoon of Christmas eve, 1898
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/24/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:10-17
    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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