Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for January 6, 2024
    • Saturday before Epiphany
    • Optional Memorial of St. André Bessette, 1845-1937; entered the Congregation of Holy Cross at the age of 25, and was given the job of doorkeeper at Notre Dame College in Montreal, with additional duties as sacristan, laundry worker and messenger; spent most nights on his knees in prayer; when he heard that someone was ill, he visited the person to bring them cheer and pray with him, and word of healing powers began to spread; the Holy Cross Congregation bought land on Mount Royal for a chapel dedicated to St. Joseph; money ran out, and Brother André said, "Put a statue of Saint Joseph in the middle. If he wants a roof over his head, he’ll get it.”; It took 50 years for the chapel to be completed
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/6/24
    • Gospel: Mark 1:7-11
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for January 5, 2024
    • Twelfth Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of St. John Neumann, 1811-1860; born in what is now the Czech Republic, came to New York at 25, was ordained a priest, and joined the Redemptorists; at 41, as bishop of Philadelphia, he organized the parochial school system into a diocesan one, attracting teaching communities of sisters and the Christian Brothers to the city; first American bishop to be beatified; canonized in 1977
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/5/24
    • Gospel: John 1:43-51
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 4, 2024
    • Eleventh Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1774-1821; she was the "belle of New York" when she married William Magee Seton; they had five children when William died of tuberculosis; when she converted to the Catholic faith, many of her relatives and friends rejected her; to support her children, she opened a school in Baltimore, following the lines of a religious community; her many letters reveal her growing heroic sanctity; first American born citizen to be canonized a saint
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/4/24
    • Gospel: John 1:35-42
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 2, 2024
    • Ninth Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of Saints Basil the Great (329-379)  and Gregory Nazianzen (329-390); bishops and friends, both from families of saints; both lived as hermits for a time, with Basil forming the model for monasticism in the East; they fought the heresy of Arianism, and suffered for it, but remained faithful
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/2/24
    • Gospel: John 1:19-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 30, 2023
    • Sixth Day of Christmas
    • Saint of the Day: St. Egwin of Evesham; English noble who became the bishop of Worcester, England, in 692; prompted by a vision of Mary he founded Evesham Monastery with the aid of the kingdom of Mercia
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/30/23
    • Gospel: Luke 2:36-40 
    1 hr

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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…