Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for November 18, 2023
    • Saturday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, 1769-1852; born in Grenoble, France; joined the Society of the Sacred Heart, and was sent to the United States at the age of 49; founded a boarding school for daughters of pioneers near St. Louis and opened the first free school west of the Missouri; at the age of 71, she began a school for Native Americans; known for her courage in frontier conditions
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/18/23
    • Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for November 17, 2023
    • Friday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 1207-1231; married to Louis of Thuringia at the age of 14, and bore him three children; she led a life of prayer, sacrifice, and service to the poor and sick; her husband died in the Crusades, and his family had Elizabeth thrown out of the palace; she was reinstated when her husband's allies returned from the Crusades; she joined the Secular Franciscan Order in 1228, and died before her 24th birthday
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/17/23
    • Gospel: Luke 17:26-37
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 16, 2023
    • Thursday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Margaret of Scotland, 1045-1093; shipwrecked with her family off the coast of Scotland, and befriended by King Malcolm, who married Margaret; Margaret helped Malcolm to become a virtuous king; she promoted the arts and education, encouraged synods, and helped to correct religious abuses; she and Malcolm founded several churches; she devoted time to prayer and scripture reading, and was kind to the poor; Malcolm and his eldest son were killed in a surprise attack on the castle, and Margaret died four days later
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/16/23
    • Gospel: Luke 17:20-25
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 15, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great, 1206-1280; master of Thomas Aquinas; wrote a compendium of all knowledge--natural science, logic, rhetoric, mathematics, astronomy, ethics, economics, politics, and metaphysics; defended the mendicant orders and preached the Crusade in Germany and Bohemia; patron of scientists and philosophers
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/15/23
    • Gospel: Luke 17:11-19
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 14, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Lawrence O'Toole, 1128-1180; named archbishop of Dublin in 1161; negotiated with the English following their invasion of Ireland; convened a synod at Cashel in 1172; attended the general Lateran Council in Rome in 1179; died in Normandy, France, while on a mission to King Henry II of England
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/14/23
    • Gospel: Luke 17:7-10
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 13, 2023
    • Monday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, 1850-1917; after being refused admission to the order which had educated, her, she began charity work at the House of Providence Orphanage in Cadogno, Italy; made her vows there in 1877; traveled with six sisters to New York City to work with the thousands of Italian immigrants living there; in 35 years, Frances Xavier Cabrini founded 67 institutions dedicated to caring for the poor, the abandoned, the uneducated and the sick; died of malaria in her own Columbus Hospital in Chicago
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/13/23
    • Gospel: Luke 17:1-6
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 10, 2023
    • Friday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Leo the Great; elected pope in 440; known as one of the best administrative popes of the ancient Church; he worked to control heresies, clarified the doctrine of the two natures of Christ, and served as peacemaker when Rome was under barbarian attack; died November 10, 461 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/10/23
    • Gospel: Luke 16:1-8
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for November 9, 2023
    • Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome
    • Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/9/23
    • Gospel: John 2:13-22
    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…