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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 1,868 episodes available.
June 16, 2023Daybreak for June 16, 2023 Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Friday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/16/23 Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30 ...more52minPlay
June 15, 2023Daybreak for June 15, 2023 Thursday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Adelaide; born in Belgium, and lived in a Cistercian convent from the age of 7; she was loved the sister, but contracted leprosy, and was isolated for health reasons; she received many graces, including visions and ecstasies, and miracles were credited to her intercession; she eventually became blind and paralyzed, and died in 1250 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/15/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26 ...more52minPlay
June 14, 2023Daybreak for June 14, 2023 Wednesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Joseph the Hymnographer, 810-886; a native of Sicily, he fled to Thessalonica to avoid an attack by the Arabs, then to Constantinople; he fled Constantinople because of the iconoclast persecution; on his way to Rome, he was captured and made a slave in Crete; after escaping, he returned to Constantinople and founded a monastery; he was the most prolific of the Greek hymn-writers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/14/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19 ...more52minPlay
June 13, 2023Daybreak for June 13, 2023 Tuesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, 1195-1231; joined the Augustinians as a young man, giving up a future of wealth and power; impressed by the Franciscan martyrs, he later joined the Franciscans; in Italy, he was stationed in a small hermitage, where he spent most of his time praying, reading scripture, and doing menial tasks Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/13/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16 ...more52minPlay
June 12, 2023Daybreak for June 12, 2023 Monday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Mount Athos; soldier, captured by Muslims, and then released; went to Rome, and was granted the monastic habit by the pope; journeyed to Mount Athos in northern Greece, where took up the life of a hermit, remaining there for half-a-century; the first hermit to reside on Mount Athos Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/12/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 ...more52minPlay
June 11, 2023Daybreak for June 11, 2023 Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/11/23 Gospel: John 6:51-58 ...more1hPlay
June 10, 2023Daybreak for June 10, 2023 Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Landericus; bishop of Paris 650-661; labored zealously to improve the lot of the poor and lowly; founded the city's first real hospital, dedicated to St. Christopher, which eventually became the Hotel-Dieu; he welcomed the Benedictines to his diocese, and encouraged them to found the Abbey of Denis Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/10/23 Gospel: Mark 12:38-44 ...more1hPlay
June 09, 2023Daybreak for June 9, 2023 Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Tim Optional Memorial of St. Ephrem, 306-373; poet, teacher, orator, defender of the faith; born in Mesopotamia, fled as a refugee to Edessa; his works reflect a deep insight and knowledge of the scriptures; lived in cave overlooking Edessa, and died there in 373 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/9/23 Gospel: Mark 12:35-37 ...more52minPlay
June 08, 2023Daybreak for June 8, 2023 Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. William of York, 1110-1154; became archbishop of York in 1154, but his selection was challenged on grounds of simony and unchastity; he was cleared by Rome, but ousted by a later pope; Pope Anastasius IV eventually restored him as bishop of York, but he died about a month after returning Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/8/23 Gospel: Mark 12:28-34 ...more52minPlay
June 07, 2023Daybreak for June 7, 2023 Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Willibald, 700-786; native of Wessex, England, brother of Saints Winebald and Walburga, and related, through his mother, to St. Boniface; assisted Boniface in his missionary work, and was ordained, and then became bishop of Eichstatt, in Franconia; founded a double monastery with his siblings, and made Winebald abbot, and Walburga abbess; served as bishop for four decades Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/7/23 Gospel: Mark 12:18-27 ...more52minPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,868 episodes available.