Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for November 29, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Radbod of Utrecht, 850-917; became bishop of Utrecht, Holland, in 900; known for his aid to the poor, and for his poetry; died in France, where he was forced to move, due to an invasion by the Danes
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/29/23
    • Gospel: Luke 21:12-19
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 28, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Catherine Labouré, 1806-1867; became a member of the Daughters of Charity, and received two visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary; in the second one, she showed Catherine an image, and asked that it be struck on a medal; after her confessor took the story to the archbishop, he had 2,000 Miraculous Medals struck; Catherine spent the next 40 years of her life caring for the elderly, sick, and disabled; she died at the age of 70
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/28/23
    • Gospel: Luke 21:5-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 27, 2023
    • Monday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. James Intercisus; a Christian, and a favorite of King Yezdigerd I of Persia; Yezdigerd launched a persecution of Christians, and James apostasized; he later repented, and was executed in 420 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/27/23
    • Gospel: Luke 21:1-4
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 25, 2023
    • Saturday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria; legend has it that she converted after receiving a vision, and then debated 50 pagan philosophers, who all converted; Catherine was sentenced to death on a spiked wheel; when she touched the wheel, it shattered; she was beheaded in about 310 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/25/23
    • Gospel: Luke 20:27-40
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for November 24, 2023
    • Friday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac and companions, the Vietnamese martyrs; Andrew Dung-Lac, a Catholic convert ordained to the priesthood, was one of 117 people martyred in Vietnam between 1820 and 1862. Members of the companions group gave their lives for Christ in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/24/23
    • Gospel: Luke 19:45-48
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 23, 2023
    • Thursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time - Thanksgiving Day in the United States
    • Optional Memorial of Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, 1891-1927; after becoming a Jesuit, he fled Mexico because of religious persecution; ordained in Belgium in 1925, and returned to Mexico, to serve a church operating "underground"; he celebrated the Eucharist clandestinely, and administered the sacraments to small groups of Catholics; falsely accused of plotting to assassinate Mexico's president, he faced a firing squad
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/23/23
    • Gospel: Luke 19:41-44
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 22, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr; legend has it that Cecilia was a young Third Century Christian of high rank betrothed to a Roman named Valerian; Valerian converted, and was martyred, along with his brother; the legend of Cecilia's death is that she was struck three times on the neck with a sword, and lived for three days, asking the pope to convert her home into a church; she is depicted in artwork with a viola or a small organ; patroness of musicians
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/22/23
    • Gospel: Luke 19:11-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 20, 2023
    • Monday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Edmund the Martyr, 841-869; became king of the East Angles in 855 at the age of 14; began ruling Suffolk, England, the following year; captured by the Danes, tortured, and beheaded; he died calling upon Jesus
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/20/23
    • Gospel: Luke 18:35-43
    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…