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 09, 2023Daybreak for August 9, 2023
Wednesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, 1891-1942; brilliant philosopher from a Jewish family; she stopped believing in God at age 14; but she was so captivated by the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila, that she was eventually baptized, and later became a Carmelite; she lived for four years in the Cologne Carmel, and then moved to the Carmel in Echt, Netherlands; Nazis were arresting all Jews who had become Christians, and Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa--also a Catholic--died in the gas chamber at Auschwitz

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/9/23

Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28
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52min
August 08, 2023Daybreak for August 8, 2023
Tuesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Dominic, 1170-1221; born in Old Castile, Spain, and was prepared for priesthood by a priest-uncle; on a journey through France with his bishop, he came face-to-face with the Albigensian heresy, which held that all matter was evil, thus denying the Incarnation and the sacraments; Dominic led a preaching crusade against Albigensianism; he and his fellow preachers eventually formed a community, and the Order of Preachers--the Dominicans--began in 1215

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

Gospel: Matthew 14:22-36
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52min
August 07, 2023Daybreak for August 7, 2023
Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Sixtus II; became pope in 257, and helped to heal the rift between Rome and Carthage over baptism; forbidden to hold services, he was martyred while preaching in the cemetery chapel in 258 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/7/23

Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21
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52min
August 06, 2023Daybreak for August 6, 2023
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/6/23

Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9
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59min
August 05, 2023Daybreak for August 5, 2023
Saturday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of the Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome; first raised in the mid-4th Century, it has survived many restorations; one of the four "patriarchal churches" in memory of the first centers of the Church; the feast is also known as Our Lady of the Snows

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/5/23

Gospel: Matthew 14:1-12
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August 04, 2023Daybreak for August 4, 2023
Friday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. John Vianney, the Curé d'Ars, 1786-1859; a poor student, but he was determined to be a priest; his work as a confessor is his most remarkable accomplishment, spending up to 16 hours per day in the confessional; patron of parish priests worldwide

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/4/23

Gospel: Matthew 13:54-58
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52min
August 03, 2023Daybreak for August 3, 2023
Thursday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Gamaliel; First Century rabbinical teacher, mentor of St. Paul; advised the Sanhedrin to release Peter and other apostles; reportedly became a Christian himself; mentioned in Chapter 5 of the Acts of the Apostles

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/3/23

Gospel: Matthew 13:37-53
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52min
August 02, 2023Daybreak for August 2, 2023
Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, 300-371; first recorded bishop of Vercelli in Piedmont, in northwest Italy; reluctantly participated in a council to settle Catholic-Arian troubles, and refused to go along with the condemnation of Saint Athanasius; exiled by the emperor, until a new emperor allowed him to return to Vercelli

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/2/23

Gospel: Matthew 13:44-46
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52min
August 01, 2023Daybreak for August 1, 2023
Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1696-1787; born near Naples, and graduated in law at the age of 16; against much opposition, he was ordained a priest in 1726; in 1732, he founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, also known as the Redemptorists; appointed bishop of St. Agatha in 1756; retired, and died in his convent in 1787

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/1/23

Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43
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52min
July 31, 2023Daybreak for July 31, 2023
Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556; during his recovery from war wounds, he read a life of Christ and lives of the saints, and was deeply touched; during his conversion, he began to write what would become "The Spiritual Exercises"; in 1534, Ignatius and six others began the Society of Jesus; Ignatius' spirituality is expressed in the Jesuit motto, Ad majorem Dei gloriam—“for the greater glory of God”

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/31/23

Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35
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52min

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The podcast currently has 1,961 episodes available.