Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for July 29, 2026
    • Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus; three siblings who were friends of the Lord; Martha generously offered him hospitality, Mary listened attentively to his words and Lazarus promptly emerged from the tomb at the command of the One who humiliated death; in 2021, Pope Francis this feast from Martha to include Mary and Lazarus
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/29/26
    • Gospel: John 11:19-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 28, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, 1910-1946; Catholic Franciscan Religious sister; the first person of Indian origin to be canonized a saint; the first canonized saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Saint Thomas Christian community
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/28/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 27, 2026
    • Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Titus Brandsma, 1881-1942; born in the Netherlands, and became a Carmelite as a young man; in 1935 he became an ecclesiastical advisor to Catholic journalists; when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands, he was labeled as an enemy; Titus was sent to various concentration camps where he demonstrated charity and concern; in 1942, he was martyred in Dachau
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/27/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak July 25, 2026
    • Feast of St. James, brother of John
    • Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/25/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 24, 2026
    • Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St, Sharbel Makhlūf, 1828-1898; born in Lebanon; at 23, he joined a Maronite monastic community; after his ordination to the priesthood, he spent many years in his monastery living a very ascetical way of life; in 1875 he received permission to live as a hermit in a chapel overseen by the monastery; for 23 years, he lived there as a hermit.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/24/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:18-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 23, 2026
    • Thursday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Bridget of Sweden, 1303-1373; she and her husband had eight children, including the future St. Catherine of Sweden; after her husband’s death, she formed the Order of the Most Holy Savior; and experienced many visions, which she wrote down and asked clerics to translate into Latin; they were widely read; she supported the return of the papacy from Avignon to Rome
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/23/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:10-17
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 22, 2026
    • Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the "apostle to the apostles"--the first to see the risen Christ
    • Wednesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/22/26
    • Gospel: John 20:1-2, 11-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 21, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, 1559-1619; a master of multiple languages; joined the Capuchins at 16; he was elected major superior of the Capuchin Franciscan province of Tuscany at the age of 31, and minister general of the Capuchins in 1602; he was appointed a papal emissary and peacemaker, a job which took him to a number of foreign countries; an effort to achieve peace in his native kingdom of Naples took him on a journey to Lisbon to visit the king of Spain; serious illness in Lisbon took his life in 1619
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/21/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:46-50
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 20, 2026
    • Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Apollinaris; born in Antioch, and became a disciple of St. Peter; his successor as bishop of Ravenna, St. Peter Chrysologus, preached a sermon in his honor in the 5th century, recalling how in the Church’s infancy, St. Apollinaris showed deep faith and dedication in the face of punishment; two beautiful churches in the onetime important Byzantine city of Ravenna are dedicated to him; he died in 79 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/20/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:38-42
    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…