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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
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 3,256 episodes available.
October 13, 2024Daybreak for October 13, 2024 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/13/24 Gospel: Mark 10:17-30 ...more1hPlay
October 12, 2024Daybreak for October 12, 2024 Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint (Blessed) of the Day: Blessed Carlo Acutis, 1991-2006; from the age of 3, showed great interest in Catholic churches; prayed before the tabernacle and went to confession weekly; taught himself how to code and build websites while still in primary school; created websites for Catholic organizations; when he developed leukemia, he offered up his suffering for Pope Benedict XVI and the Church; died at the age of 15 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/12/24 Gospel: Luke 11:27-28 ...more1hPlay
October 11, 2024Daybreak for October 11, 2024 Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Pope St. John XXIII, 1881-1963; firstborn of a farming family in northern Italy; as a stretcher-bearer in World War I, he had a firsthand knowledge of war; in 1925, he became a papal diplomat; named a cardinal and patriarch of Venice in 1953; a month short of his 78th year, he was elected pope; his most famous encyclicals were "Mother and Teacher" and "Peace on Earth" Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/11/24 Gospel: Luke 11:15-26 ...more52minPlay
October 10, 2024Daybreak for October 10, 2024 Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia, 1510-1572; Spanish nobleman; when widowed, he became a Jesuit priest; he only complained when someone attempted to treat as if he were still a nobleman; ultimately, he preached everywhere, and advised many important people; he helped to spread the Society of Jesus across Spain and Portugal Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/10/24 Gospel: Luke 11:5-13 ...more52minPlay
October 09, 2024Daybreak for October 9, 2024 Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Denis and companions; regarded as the first bishop of Paris; Denis was sent to Gaul from Rome in the third century and beheaded in the persecution under Emperor Valerius in 258; one legend says that he was martyred on Montmartre in Paris, and then carried his head to a village northeast of the city; St. Genevieve built a basilica over his tomb in the Sixth Century Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/9/24 Gospel: Luke 11:1-4 ...more52minPlay
October 08, 2024Daybreak for October 8, 2024 Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Keyne; she lived in the Fifth Century, one of the 24 children of King Brychan of Brecknock, Wales; refused several offers of marriage, and became a hermitess; after living for several years on the banks of the Severn River in Somersetshire, England--during which she traveled widely--her nephew persuaded her to return to Wales; she founded numerous churches in in South Wales, Cornwall, and, perhaps, Somerset Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/8/24 Gospel: Luke 10:38-42 ...more52minPlay
October 07, 2024Daybreak for October 7, 2024 Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary; originally named, "Our Lady of Victory," in honor of the Christian defeat of the Turks at the battle of LePanto Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/24 Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 ...more52minPlay
October 06, 2024Daybreak for October 6, 2024 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/6/24 Gospel: Mark 10:2-16 ...more1hPlay
October 05, 2024Daybreak for October 5, 2024 Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, 1819-1867; born in southern Bavaria; came to the United States in 1843 to serve German-speaking Catholics; during the Civil War, he appealed to President Lincoln not to draft his Redemptorist students; died of yellow fever, contracted while visiting the sick Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/5/24 Gospel: Luke 10:17-24 ...more1hPlay
October 04, 2024Daybreak for October 4, 2024 Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226; a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit, and without a sense of self-importance; 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 he received the stigmata, the real and painful wounds of Christ in his hands, feet and side Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/4/24 Gospel: Luke 10:13-16 ...more52minPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 3,256 episodes available.