Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for October 27, 2023
    • Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Abraham the Poor; born in Menuf, Egypt; became a disciple of St. Pachomius, the founder of cenobitic monasticism; spent almost two decades in a cave near Pachomius' foundations in the Delta
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/27/23
    • Gospel: Luke 12:54-59
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 26, 2023
    • Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Alfred the Great, 848-899; fifth son of the Wessex king; received as a godson by Pope Leo IV; became king, and spent most of his reign in conflict with the Danes; he was a patron of the arts, literature, and especially the Church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/26/23
    • Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 25, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. John Houghton, 1486-1535; native of Essex; became prior of the Carthusian Charterhouse in London; he opposed King Henry VIII's Acts of Succession and Supremacy, and was arrested, but released temporarily; he was the first to refuse to swear the oath of Supremacy, and was arrested and executed at Tyburn, with four companions; he was one of the 40 martyrs of England and Wales
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/25/23
    • Gospel: Luke 12:39-48
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 23, 2023
    • Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, 1386-1456; born in Capistrano, Italy; after serving as governor of Perugia, he entered the Franciscans; began his preaching apostolate in 1420, and traveled throughout Italy, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Russia preaching penance and establishing numerous communities of Franciscan renewal; at the age of 70, he successfully led a crusade against invading Turks, and died shortly thereafter
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/23/23
    • Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 21, 2023
    • Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Hilarion, 291-371; disciple of St. Anthony, and companion of St. Hesychius; performed so many miracles that crowds flocked to him when it was discovered he was in any region; died on Cyprus
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/21/23
    • Gospel: Luke 12:8-12
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for October 20, 2023
    • Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, 1694-1775; born in northern Italy, and became known as one of the most popular preachers of his day, both for his words and for his generous acts of mercy; in 1720, he founded the Congregation of the Passion--the Passionists--and he was elected superior general
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/20/23
    • Gospel: Luke 12:1-7
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 19, 2023
    • Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Isaac Jogue and Jean de Brébeuf and companions, the North American martyrs; Isaac Jogues and Jean de Brébeuf arrived in Quebed in 1636 to work among the Huron Indians; Jogues was captured by the Iroquois and escaped, but returned; in 1646 he was tomahawked and beheaded by a Mohawk war party; Jean de Brébeuf worked among the Hurons for 24 years, composing a catechism and a dictionary, and seeing 7,000 converted; he died after four hours of extreme torture by the Iroquois
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/19/23
    • Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 18, 2023
    • Feast of St. Luke; traditionally held to be a native of Antioch; wrote the Third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles; accompanied Paul on some of his journeys; Paul calls him "our beloved physician"; died about 84 A.D.
    • Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/18/23
    • Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
    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…