Daybreak

Daybreak

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  • Daybreak for January 11, 2025
    • Saturday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Palaemon; a third and fourth century Egyptian hermit who is best known for serving as mentor to St. Pachomius; Palaemon and Pachomius organized the hermits of the Egyptian desert into cenobitic communities, laying the groundwork for the development of monasticism; Palaemon died in 325 at Tabennisi, the vast monastic center that sheltered the early Desert Fathers
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/11/25
    • Gospel: John 3:22-30
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for January 10, 2025
    • Friday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Gregory of Nyssa, 335-394; became bishop of Nyssa in about 371; Arians accused him of mismanagement and deposed him in 376; two years later, he was restored to his see; defended his Christology while on a trip to Jerusalem, even though he was well-known for his Trinitarian theology; attended a synod in Constantinople in 394, and died shortly thereafter
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/10/25
    • Gospel: Luke 5:12-16
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 9, 2025
    • Thursday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Adrian the Abbot, 637-710; born in Africa, and became abbot of the monastery at Nerida, near Naples; turned down an appointment to become Archbishop of Canterbury, but accompanied St. Theodore when he was appointed to the post; Theodore appointed Adrian abbot of Saints Peter and Paul Monastery (later known as St. Augustine's) in Canterbury; under his rule, the monastery became known as a center of learning; Adrian died in Canterbury
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/9/25
    • Gospel: Luke 4:14-22
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 8, 2025
    • Wednesday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Gudula, 646-712; daughter of Count Witger and St. Amalberga; educated by St. Gertrude of Nivelles; lived in the family castle until Gertrude died; dedicated her life to God in 664; known for her great charity; patroness of Brussels, Belgium, and of single laywomen
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/8/25
    • Gospel: Mark 6:45-52
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 7, 2025
    • Tuesday after Epiphany
    • Optional Memorial of St. Raymond of Pennafort, 1175-1275; became a Dominican, and founded the Order of Our Lady of Ransom; went with King James to Majorca to preach; King James, however, was ruled by his passions, and set a bad example; Raymond commanded the king to send the woman away; the king said that he would, but he did not; Saint Raymond spread his cloak upon the water, tied up one corner of it to a stick for a sail, made the Sign of the Cross, stepped onto the cloak, and sailed along for six hours until he reached Barcelona; St. Raymond died at the age of 100
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/7/25
    • Gospel: Mark 6:34-44
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 6, 2025
    • Monday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Canterbury; a monk in the monastery of St. Andrew's, Rome, and was chosen by Pope St. Gregory the Great to embark with St. Augustine of Canterbury and other monks on the missionary enterprise to England in 596; became the first abbot of the monastery of Saints. Peter and Paul at Canterbury in 602; died by drowning at Ambleteu, near Boulogne while on a mission to France, in 607
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/6/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 4, 2025
    • Eleventh Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1774-1821; raised Episcopalian, but knew the value of prayer, scripture, and a nightly examination of conscience; married William Magee Seton when she was 19, and bore him five children before he died of tuberculosis; while in Italy with her dying husband, she saw Catholicity in action through friends; she became Catholic because of belief in the Real Presence, devotion to the Blessed mother, and her conviction that the Catholic Church led back to the apostles and to Christ; she opened a school in Baltimore to support her children; over the years, she grew from ordinary goodness to heroic sanctity; she was the first American-born citizen to be canonized a saint
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/4/25
    • Gospel: John 1:35-42
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for January 2, 2025
    • Ninth Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of Saints Basil the Great (330-379) and Gregory Nazianzen (329-390); good friends, who met at university; Basil became bishop of Caesarea in 374, and he was called upon to refute the Arian heresy, which held that Jesus was not God; when one town was falling away from the faith, Basil ordained Gregory bishop and sent him there; Basil died at age 49; Gregory resigned from Constantinople because of opposition and spent his last years reading, writing his autobiography, and enjoying his gardens
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/2/25
    • Gospel: John 1:19-28
    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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