Daybreak

By Relevant Radio

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

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August 20, 2023Daybreak for August 20, 2023
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/20/23

Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28
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August 18, 2023Daybreak for August 18, 2023
Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Helena; mother of Emperor Constantine the Great; Helena's husband divorced her, but Constantine remained faithful to his mother; when he became emperor, he returned her to the inner circle, and tasked her with locating relics of Christian tradition; she is credited with finding the True Cross; Helena died 330 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/18/23

Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12
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August 17, 2023Daybreak for August 17, 2023
Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; born in Montefalco, Italy; joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries where her sister Joan was the abbess; when Joan died, Clare succeeded her; Clare was devoted to the Passion of Christ and His cross; when she died, an image of the Cross was found imprinted on her heart, and her body remained incorrupt

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/17/23

Gospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1
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1h
August 16, 2023Daybreak for August 16, 2023
Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Stephen of Hungary, 975-1038; born a pagan, baptized at 10; when he became chief of the Magyars, he adopted a policy of Christianization for both political and religious reasons; he established a system of tithes to support churches and pastors and to relieve the poor; he abolished pagan customs, and was easily accessible to all, especially the poor; his son Emeric died in 1031; he and his son were canonized in 1083

Office of Reading and Morning Prayer for 8/16/23

Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20
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1h
August 15, 2023Daybreak for August 15, 2023
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven; declared a dogma by Pope Pius XII in 1950

Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/23

Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
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August 14, 2023Daybreak for August 14, 2023
Monday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; Franciscan priest from a portion of Poland which is now part of Ukraine; founded the Militia of the Immaculata, and the magazine, "Knight of the Immaculata"; arrested by Nazis in 1939, and then released; arrested again in 1941, and was sent to a starvation bunker; a prisoner had escaped, and ten men were to die as punishment; St. Maximilian offered to replace one of those, who had a wife and family; St. Maximilian died by lethal injection

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/23

Gospel: Matthew 17:22-27
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52min
August 13, 2023Daybreak for August 13, 2023
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/13/23

Gospel: Matthew 14:22-33
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1h
August 12, 2023Daybreak for August 12, 2023
Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; after being widowed, she fell into depression at her family home; at the age of 32, she met St. Francis de Sales, who became her spiritual director; with him, she helped to found an order which would exemplify the virtues of Mary at the Visition--hence, their name, the Visitation Nuns; Jane Frances underwent great spiritual trials, and died while on a visit to convents of the community

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/23

Gospel: Matthew 17:14-20
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1h
August 11, 2023Daybreak for August 11, 2023
Friday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Clare of Assisi, 1194-1253; moved by the preaching of St. Francis, who placed her in a convent; sixteen days later, her sister Agnes joined her, and others followed; they lived a simple life of great poverty, austerity, and complete seclusion from the world; Clare came from prayer, it was said, with her face so shining it dazzled those about her.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/11/23

Gospel: Matthew 16:24-28
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52min
August 10, 2023Daybreak for August 10, 2023
Feast of St. Lawrence, 225-258; Roman deacon under Pope St. Sixtus II, martyred just days before Lawrence; when the Roman prefect demanded that Lawrence present him with "the treasures of the Church," Lawrence assembled a group of blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned, and widowed persons, and said, "These are the treasures of the Church"; Lawrence was martyred on a gridiron over hot coals, and was known to remark, "It is well done. Turn me over!”"

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/10/23

Gospel: John 12:24-26
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52min

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The podcast currently has 1,961 episodes available.