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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for July 18, 2026
    • Saturday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis, 1550-1614; born in Italy, and worked for a Capuchin friary, but suffered from a leg wound and compulsive gambling; in Rome, he worked at a hospital, became a nurse, and eventually director of the hospital; at age 32, he decided to become a priest; he founded a religious order focused on caring for the sick
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/18/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:14-21
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 17, 2026
    • Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saints of the Day: Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne; they were sixteen Carmelites caught up in the French Revolution and martyred; on July 12, 1794, the Carmelites were taken to Paris and five days later were sentenced to death; they went to the guillotine singing the Salve Regina; the martyrdom of the nuns was immortalized by the composer Francois Poulenc in his famous opera, "Dialogues des Carmelites"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/17/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:1-8
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 16, 2026
    • Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel; patroness of the Carmelite order; it was on Mount Carmel that God publicly answered the prophet Elijah’s prayer, consumed the offering, and confirmed He was a living God; centuries later, in the 12th century after Christ, a group of hermits gathered on the mountain and committed their lives to prayer and penance, forming the Carmelite Order
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/16/26
    • Gospel; Matthew 11:28-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 15, 2026
    • Wednesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Bonaventure, 1221-1274; entered the Franciscan Order in his early twenties, and studied in Paris, where, in 1248, he received a doctorate in theology; in 1257, he was elected Minister General of the Order' in 1273, he became Cardinal of Albano and played a prominent role at the Council of Lyons, which aimed to unite the Latin and Greek Churches; he died in 1274, was canonized in 1482 and proclaimed a doctor of the Church in 1588 by Sixtus V
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/15/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:25-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 14, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, 1656-1680; Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe; orphaned, due to smallpox, and raised by her village; when Jesuit missionaries arrived, she asked to be baptized; many in her clan could not accept this, so she was forced to retreat to a town north on the St. Lawrence River; when she died, it is said that the smallpox scars on her face disappeared; she is the first Native American to be canonized a saint
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/14/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 13, 2026
    • Monday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Henry, 972-1024; King of Germany and Italy and crowned Holy Roman Emperor, the last in the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty; Henry and his wife were very generous to the poor and to monasteries; he founded a cathedral and monastery in Bamberg he is the only German king to be elevated to sainthood
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/13/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:34-11:1
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 11, 2026
    • Saturday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Benedict, 480-547; born in Italy, educated in Rome, but he was disillusioned by the behavior of other students; so, he retreated to a cave deep in the mountains for spiritual seclusion; he relocated to Monte Cassino, and wrote a rule for his monks which became so popular that it helped shape the civilization and culture of Europe; Benedict is the patron saint of Europe
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/11/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:24-33
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 10, 2026
    • Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Anthony Pechersky, 983-1073; born in Ukraine, and went to Mount Athos in Greece to become a hermit; after several years, he returned to Ukraine and built a hermitage in Kiev, which was to become known as the "Caves of Kiev," the first Ukrainian monastery founded by Ukrainians; Anthony founded another monastery, but died in the Caves of Kiev
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/10/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23
    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…