Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for January 18, 2024
    • Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Margaret of Hungary, 1242-1271; daughter of King Bela IV; became a Dominican novice at 12; though a princess, she objected to any special treatment and went out of her way to perform the most menial tasks for the poor and sick; her labors, prayers, and fasting brought on the fatigue from which she died
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/18/24
    • Gospel: Mark 3:7-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 17, 2024
    • Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Anthony of Egypt, 251-356; spent most of his life in solitude, but drew many people to himself for spiritual healing and guidance; at 54, he founded a sort of monastery of scattered cells; at 60, he hoped to be a martyr in the renewed Roman persecution of 311; at 88, he was fighting the Arian heresy; died in solitude at age 105
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/17/24
    • Gospel: Mark 3:1-6
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 16, 2024
    • Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Joseph Vaz, 1651-1711; Catholic Oratorian priest from Goa; entered Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the Dutch occupation, when Calvinism was the official religion; brought the sacraments to clandestine groups of Catholics; later, in the Kandyan kingdom,  he was able to work freely; managed to rebuild the Catholic church on the island before his death
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/16/24
    • Gospel: Mark 2:23-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 15, 2024
    • Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Arnold Jansen, 1837-1909; ordained in 1861, and served as a parish priest and as a chaplain at an Ursuline convent; in 1875, he founded the Society of the Divine Word in Holland to provide priests and lay brothers for the missions; Arnold also founded the Servant Sisters of the Holy Ghost for the missions in 1889
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/15/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 2:18-22
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 13, 2024
    • Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Saint Hilary of Poitiers, 315-368; raised a pagan, he was converted to Christianity when he met his God of nature in the Scriptures; chosen, against his will, to be the bishop of Poitiers in France, and he took up the battle against the Arian heresy; for his defense of the faith, he was banished from France to far off Phrygia; he was invited to a council called by the emperor, but when he he sought public debate with the heretical bishop who had exiled him, the Arians pleaded with the emperor to send this troublemaker back home. Hilary was welcomed by his people
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/13/24
    • Gospel: Mark 2:13-17
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for January 12, 2024
    • Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: Saint Aelred of Rievaulx, 1110-1167; son of a Saxon priest, educated at Roxburgh; became steward to King David of Scotland, but left to join the Cistercian community at Rievaulx; wrote his most famous work, "The Mirror of Charity," at the request of Bernard of Clairvaux
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/12/24
    • Gospel: Mark 2:1-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 11, 2024
    • Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: Saint Paulinus of Aquileia, 726-802; born near Friuli, Italy, and grew up a farmer with an excellent education; summoned to the court of Charlemagne in 774; sent back to Italy in 776 and was appointed Patriarch of Aquileia; he represented Charlemagne at various Church Councils, wrote against and denounced the heresy  of Adoptionism, and sent missionaries to attempt the evangelization of the Avars
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/11/24
    • Gospel: Mark 1:40-45
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 10, 2024
    • Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Gregory of Nyssa, 335-394; brother of at least five saints; became bishop of Nyssa in about 371; Arians deposed him in 376, but he was able to return two years later; attended the first council of Constantinope, and helped to settle disputes among church in Arabia; he attended a synod in Constantinople and is thought to have died shortly after that
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/10/24
    • Gospel: Mark 1:29-39
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 9, 2024
    • Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Adrian, the Abbot; also known as St. Adrian of Canterbury; born in Africa in the Seventh Century, he was appointed abbot of the monastery of Saints Peter and Paul in Canterbury; it became one of the most important centers of learning; Adrian taught there for 40 years, and died in about 710 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/9/24
    • Gospel: Mark 1:21-28
    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…