Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for January 31, 2025
    • Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. John Bosco, 1815-1888; ordained in 1841, and began serving young people; after serving as chaplain in a hospice for working girls, Don Bosco opened the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales for boys; by 1856, the institution had grown to 150 boys and had added a printing press for publication of religious and catechetical pamphlets; with the encouragement of Pope Pius IX, John gathered 17 men and formed the Salesians
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/31/25
    • Gospel:  Mark 4:26-34
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 30, 2025
    • Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Bathidis, 626-680; born in England, enslaved and taken to Neustria in the Frankish kingdom; she became friends with King Clovis III, married him in 649, and bore him three sons; when Clovis died in 657, Bathildis served as regent for Clotaire III; she had founded a Benedictine convent at Chelles, as well as St. Denis Monastery and Corbie; when Clotaire took the throne, Bathildis retired to Chelles, where she died
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/30/25
    • Gospel: Mark 4:21-25
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 29, 2025
    • Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Dallan Forgaill; a Sixth Century kinsman of St. Edan of Ferns, born in Connaught and a great scholar who, through his application to study, became blind.he composed a poem in honor of St. Columba, published after Columba's death, upon which Dallan's sight was restored; murdered by pirates in 598
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/29/25
    • Gospel: Mark 4:1-20
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 28, 2025
    • Tuesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274; joined the Dominicans in 1243; studied under Albert the Great; held two professorships at Paris, lived at the court of Pope Urban IV, and directed the Dominican schools at Rome and Viterbo; his greatest contribution to the Church is his writings; the Summa Theologiae deals with the whole of Catholic theology; left unfinished, he said, "I cannot go on…. All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.”
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/28/25
    • Gospel: Mark 3:31-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 27, 2025
    • Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Angela de Merici, 1474-1540; born in Italy; joined the Third Order of St. Francis and embraced austerity; in a visionary experience, she felt called to found a “company” of women; at age 60, Angela and 12 other women began the Company of St. Ursula, the first model for a "secular institute"--the women lived in the world, wore no special clothing, and took no vows; Angela died in Brescia in 1540; the Company of St. Ursula was eventually re-organized into the Religious Order of St. Ursula, for the purpose of teaching girls
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/27/25
    • Gospel: Mark 3:22-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 24, 2025
    • Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, 1567-1622; studied law in Padua, and then entered formation for priesthood; after his ordination, he was elected provost of the Diocese of Geneva, then a center for Calvinists; through his preaching and distribution of pamphlets explaining true Catholic doctrine, he was quite successful; at 35, he became bishop of Geneva, continuing to preach, hear confessions, and catechize the children; he collaborated with St. Jane Frances de Chantal, in the work of establishing the Sisters of the Visitation; he is the patron of the Catholic press
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/24/25
    • Gospel: Mark 3:13-19
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 23, 2025
    • Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Marianne Cope, 1838-1918; born in Germany; her family migrated and settled in Utica, New York, in 1840; she entered the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York, in 1862; in 1883, she and six sisters left for Hawaii; in 1888, Mother Marianne and two sisters went to Molokai to open a home for “unprotected women and girls” there; she took charge of the home that Saint Damien de Veuster had established for men and boys; Mother Marianne changed life on Molokai by introducing cleanliness, pride, and fun to the colony; her sisters still work on Molokai
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/23/25
    • Gospel: Mark 3:7-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 22, 2025
    • Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Vincent the Deacon; born at Huesca, Spain, he became a deacon and served St, Valerius at Saragossa until their martyrdom; St. Valerius was exiled, but Vincent was tortured because he would not surrender the holy books. he converted the warden of the prison and then died, in 304.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/22/25
    • Gospel: Mark 3:1-6
    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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