Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for October 7, 2023
    • Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary - originally, "Our Lady of Victory," celebrating the Christian defeat of the Turks at Lepanto in 1571
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/23
    • Gospel: Luke 10:17-24
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for October 6, 2023
    • Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, 1811-1849; born in St. Antoine, Quebec, Canada; established the first Canadian parish Sodality for young women; founded the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, dedicated to Christian education; the community flourished, in spite of great obstacles; Marie Rose remained unswerving in her concern for the poor; she died at the age of 38
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/6/23
    • Gospel: Luke 10:13-16
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 5, 2023
    • Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, 1819-1867; born in Germany, joined the Redemptorists, and came to America; served in Pittsburgh with St. John Neumann, then returned to Baltimore, later being transferred to Cumberland and then Annapolis; he was an expert confessor, a watchful and prudent spiritual director and a pastor always joyfully available and attentive to the needs of the poor and the abandoned; he was a full-time itinerary missionary preacher from 1863 to 1869; he was then assigned to New Orleans, where he died of the yellow fever epidemic
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/5/23
    • Gospel: Luke 10:1-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 4, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226; following an illness, prayer led Francis to a self-emptying like that of Christ, climaxed by embracing a leper he met on the road; he gave up all of his possessions; he had no intention of founding an order, but once it began, he protected it and accepted all legal structures needed to support it; during his last years, blind and seriously ill, he received the stigmata; on his deathbed, he repeated the last addition to his "Canticle of the Sun," "Be praised, O Lord, for our Sister Death.” 
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/4/23
    • Gospel: Luke 9:57-62
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 3, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Mother Theodore Guerin, 1798-1856; foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana; a visionary, a model of virtue, and a source of inspiration and hope; canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006; patron of the Roman Catholic diocese of Lafayette, in Indiana
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/3/23
    • Gospel: Luke9:51-56
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 2, 2023
    • Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of the Guardian Angels; celestial beings assigned to represent us before God, watch over us always, aid our prayer, and present our souls to God at death
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/2/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 30, 2023
    • Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Jerome, 345-420; eminent scripture scholar; responsible for the translation of the Bible which came to be known as the Vulgate; a mystic, he traveled extensively in Palestine, marking each spot of Christ's life with devotion; he settled in Bethlehem, living in the cave believed to be the birthplace of Christ; Jerome died in Bethlehem
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/30/23
    • Gospel: Luke 9:43-45
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for September 28, 2023
    • Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, 907-929; raised as a Christian by his aunt, to become the ruler of Bohemia; his rule was marked by efforts toward unification within Bohemia, support of the Church, and peace-making negotiations with Germany; in a plot against him, his brother Boleslav invited him to the celebration of Saints Cosmas and Damian, and murdered him on the way to mass; he is revered as a martyr to the faith; patron of the Bohemian people and of the Czech Republic
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/28/23
    • Gospel: Luke 9:7-9
    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…