Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for January 27, 2024
    • Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici, 1474-1540; born in Italy; 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, constituting a new way of life--single women consecrated to Christ and living in the world rather than in a monastery, what today is called a "Secular Institute"; Angela died in Brescia, Italy, in 1540; in the early 1600s, Companies that had expanded into France were re-organized into the religious Order of St. Ursula, to teach girls
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/27/24
    • Gospel: Mark 4:35-41
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for January 26, 2024
    • Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus; Timothy was a convert of Paul around 47 A.D., and later joined him in his apostolic work; one of Paul's most trusted friends; Titus is seen as a peacemaker, administrator, great friend; Paul’s second letter to Corinth affords an insight into the depth of his friendship with Titus, and the great fellowship they had in preaching the gospel
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/26/24
    • Gospel: Mark 4:26-34
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 24, 2024
    • Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, 1567-1622; studied for law, but was ordained a priest and elected provost of the Diocese of Geneva, then a center for the Calvinists, whom Francis attempted--with considerable success--to convert; he preached and distributed little pamphlets explaining true Catholic doctrine; he became bishop of Geneva at 35, still preaching, hearing confessions, and catechizing children; wrote "Introduction to the Devout Life" and "A Treatise on the Love of God"; assisted St. Jane Frances de Chantal in establishing the Sisters of the Visitation
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/24/24
    • Gospel: Mark 4:1-20
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 23, 2024
    • Tuesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Marianne Cope, 1838-1918; born in Germany, came to the United States two years later with her family, and settled in Utica, New York; she worked in a factory until 1862, and then joined the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York; in 1883, Mother Marianne and six other sisters left for Hawaii where they took charge of the Kakaako Receiving Station outside Honolulu; on the island of Maui they also opened a hospital and a school for girls; in 1888, she and two sisters went to Molokai and opened a home for women and girls; she took charge of the home that Saint Damien de Veuster had established for men and boys; she changed life on Molokai by introducing cleanliness, pride, and fun to the colony
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/23/24
    • Gospel: Mark 3:31-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 22, 2024
    • Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Day of Prayer for Legal Protection of the Unborn
    • Saint of the Day: St. Vincent Saragossa; protomartyr of Spain, a deacon of the Third Century; Vincent and his bishop, Valerius, were apprehended during a persecution; Valerius was banished, but Vincent was tortured to death
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/22/24
    • Gospel: Mark 3:22-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 20, 2024
    • Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Fabian, 200-250; a layman who came to the city of Rome when a new pope was about to be elected; a dove alighting on his was taken as a sign, and he was elected; he led the Church for 14 years, and died a martyr in the persecution of Decius
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/20/24
    • Gospel: Mark 3:20-21
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for January 19, 2024
    • Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Henry of Sweden, 1100-1156; Englishman residing at Rome, who became bishop of Uppsala, Sweden, in 1152; accompanied King Eric in an expedition against the Finns; when Eric returned to Sweden, Henry remained behind to convert the Finns; Henry was slain by a former soldier whom Henry had excommunicated
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/19/24
    • Gospel: Mark 3:13-19
    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…