Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for December 19, 2023
    • Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Anastasius I; a Roman by birth, elected pope in 399; he was among the first to condemn the works of Origen; he also urged the church in North Africa to continue its struggle against Donatism; died in 401 and was buried in the cemetery of Pontian
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/19/23
    • Gospel: Luke 1:5-25
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 18, 2023
    • Monday of the Third Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Winebald; born in Wessex, England, the brother of Saints Willibald and Walburga; traveled to Rome, and at the invitation of St. Boniface, gathered together a group of English missionaries and went to Germany in 739; with his brother, he founded the monastery of Heidenheim, Germany, where he served as abbot with his sister as abbess; helped to make the monastery one of the leading ecclesiastical centers in Germany
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/18/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 1:18-25
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 16, 2023
    • Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Adelaide, 932-999; entered an arranged marriage at about 15 to Lothair of Italy; when Lothair died, his successor tried to force Adelaide to marry his son; she appealed to Otto of Germany, who conquered Italy and married Adelaide; the two became rulers of the Holy Roman Empire; after Otto's death, Adelaide established many monasteries and churches; she died at the convent at Seltz, which she founded
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/16/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 17:9-13
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for December 15, 2023
    • Friday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Maria Crocifissa di Rosa, 1813-1855; born in Brescia, Italy; cared for the spiritual needs of young girls working in her father's mills, volunteered at the Brescia hospital during the cholera epidemic of 1836, and founded a home for girls and a school for deaf mutes; in 1840, she became superior of a group of religious who cared for the sick, the Handmaids of Charity of Brescia
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/15/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 14, 2023
    • Thursday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Memorial of St. John of the Cross, 1542-1591; Carmelite priest who, along with Teresa of Avila, vowed himself to the primitive rule; in his efforts at reform of the order, he encountered increasing opposition, misunderstanding, persecution, and imprisonment; in prison, his spirit came into the light, revealing him as a mystic-poet; John died at the age of 49
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/14/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:11-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 13, 2023
    • Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Memorial of St. Lucy, virgin and martyr; lived in Syracuse, and was martyred in the persecution of Christians in the early Fourth Century; legend has it that her mother arranged for her to marry a pagan, after she had promised her life to Christ; Lucy prayed to St. Agatha, who appeared to Lucy in a dream, said that Lucy's mother would be cured of her illness, and Lucy used this to convince her mother to give the dowry money to the poor; but the rejected bridegroom betrayed Lucy's faith to the governor, and she was executed
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/13/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 11, 2023
    • Monday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Damasus I, 304-384; when elected pope, Damasus had to endure the existence of an antipope, Ursinus, elected and consecrated by a minority; this resulted in violent battles between two basilicas; supporters of the antipope even had Damasus accused of a grave crime, from which he had to clear himself in civil court and a Church synod; during his pontificate, Christianity was declared the official religion of the Roman state, and Latin became the liturgical language
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/11/23
    • Gospel: Luke 5:17-26
    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…