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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 1,661 episodes available.
August 31, 2025Daybreak for August 31, 2025 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/31/25 Gospel: Luke 14:1, 7-14 ...more1hPlay
August 30, 2025Daybreak for August 30, 2025 Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Narcisa De Jesus Martillo Moran, 1832-1869; born in Ecuador, orphaned at an early age, she worked as a seamstress; she resolved to consecrate her virginity to Christ and to spend the rest of her life offering prayers and penances to God in expiation for mankind’s sins; she spent eight hours per day in prayer, four hours per night in mortifications, ate a very austere diet, and lived in humble living quarters; she was frequently seen in a state of ecstasy; she died at the age of 37 in Lima, Peru Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/30/25 Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30 ...more1hPlay
August 29, 2025Daybreak for August 29, 2025 Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist; the drunken oath of a king with a shallow sense of honor, a seductive dance and the hateful heart of a queen combined to bring about the martyrdom of John the Baptist, who prepared the way of the Lord Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/29/25 Gospel: Mark 6:17-29 ...more52minPlay
August 28, 2025Daybreak for August 28, 2025 Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo, 354-430; a Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41; after being immersed in creature comforts, following his conversion, Augustine turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day; he fulfilled the office of prophet; like Jeremiah and other greats, he was hard-pressed but could not keep quiet Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/28/25 Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51 ...more52minPlay
August 27, 2025Daybreak for August 27, 2025 Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Monica, 330-387; mother of St. Augustine; she ceaselessly prayed for his conversion, and for him to leave his immoral lifestyle; Augustine was baptized by St. Ambrose in 387; after a brief but severe illness, Monica died in 387 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/27/25 Gospel: Matthew 23:27-32 ...more52minPlay
August 26, 2025Daybreak for August 26, 2025 Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Zephyrinus; pope from 199 to 217; Roman by birth, succeeded Victor I; his papacy was dominated by the troubles caused by several heretical groups and the severe persecution of the Church; the antipope Hippolytus criticized his vacillation in dealing with the Monarchian heretics; according to tradition, Zephyrinus was martyred in 202 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/26/25 Gospel: Matthew 23:23-26 ...more52minPlay
August 25, 2025Daybreak for August 25, 2025 Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Louis of France, 1214-1270; interpreted his kngly duties in the light of faith; respectful of the papacy, but defended royal interests against the popes; he was devoted to his people, founding hospitals, visiting the sick, and like his patron Saint Francis, caring even for people with leprosy; every day, Louis had 13 special guests from among the poor to eat with him; Louis led a crusade to North Africa in 1270; within a month of their landing at Carthage, the army camp was decimated by disease; Louis himself died there at the age of 56 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/25/25 Gospel: Matthew 23:13-22 ...more52minPlay
August 24, 2025Daybreak for August 24, 2025 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/24/25 Gospel: Luke 13:22-30 ...more1hPlay
August 22, 2025Daybreak for August 22, 2025 Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Queenship of Mary; the feast was established by Pope Pius XII in 1954; Mary's queenship is a share in Jesus' kingship; this observance is a logical followup to the Assumption, celebrated just one week later Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/22/25 Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40 ...more1hPlay
August 21, 2025Daybreak for August 21, 2025 Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Pius X, 1835-1914; he encouraged Italian Catholics to become more politically involved; one of his first papal acts was to end the supposed right of governments to interfere by veto in papal elections; he denounced the ill treatment of indigenous peoples on the plantations of Peru, sent a relief commission to Messina after an earthquake, and sheltered refugees at his own expense; Pius X foresaw World War I, but it killed him; he said, "This is the last affliction the Lord will visit on me. I would gladly give my life to save my poor children from this ghastly scourge”; he died a few weeks after the beginning of the war, in 1914 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/21/25 Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14 ...more1hPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,661 episodes available.