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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 Father’... more
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,868 episodes available.
February 25, 2023Daybreak for February 25, 2023 Saturday After Ash Wednesday Saint of the Day: St. Walburga, 710-779; sister of St. Willibald and Winebald; became a nun, and assisted St. Boniface in his missionary work in Germany; eventually became abbess of the double monastery at Heidenheim, founder by her brother Winebald Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/23 Gospel: Luke 5:27-32 ...more1hPlay
February 24, 2023Daybreak for February 24, 2023 Friday After Ash Wednesday Saint of the Day: St. Adela, 1067-1137; youngest daughter of William the Conqueror; married Stephen of Blois in 1080; active in English politics, and famed for endowing churches and monastic institutions Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/24/23 Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15 ...more52minPlay
February 23, 2023Daybreak for February 23, 2023 Thursday After Ash Wednesday Commemoration of St. Polycarp, 69-155; bishop of Smyrna, disciple of St. John the Apostle, and friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch; at age 86, he was to be burned alive, but the flames did not harm him, so he was killed with a dagger Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/23/23 Gospel: Luke 9:22-25 ...more52minPlay
February 22, 2023Daybreak for February 22, 2023 Ash Wednesday: The beginning of Lent, a period of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, in preparation for Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/22/23 Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 ...more52minPlay
February 21, 2023Daybreak for February 21, 2023 Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian, 988-1072; left a teaching career to become a Benedictine; ultimately became abbot of his community and founded five other hermitages; Pope Stephen IX appointed him cardinal-bishop of Ostia, where he worked to wipe out abuses and encourage the holiness of the clergy; after retiring, he was called to serve as a papal legate; when returning from one such assignment in Ravenna, he was overcome by fever and died Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/23 Gospel: Mark 9:30-37 ...more52minPlay
February 20, 2023Daybreak for February 20, 2023 Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saints of the Day: Saints Jacinta (1920-1920) and Francisco (1908-1919) Marto; two of the three Portuguese shepherd children who received apparitions of Our Lady near Fatima, Portugal, from May to October of 1917; Mary asked the children to pray the rosary to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war, and for the conversion of Russia, which was soon to fall under communism Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/20/23 Gospel: Mark 9:14-29 ...more52minPlay
February 19, 2023Daybreak for February 19, 2023 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48 ...more1hPlay
February 18, 2023Daybreak for February 18, 2023 Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Gertrude Caterina Comensoli, 1847-1903; born in Bienne, Valcamonica, under the kingdom of Lombady-Venetia; founded the Institute of the Sisters Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament; opened a house of huns in 1894 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/18/23 Gospel: Mark 9:2-13 ...more1hPlay
February 17, 2023Daybreak for February 17, 2023 Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of the Seven Founders of the Servite Order; in 1240, seven noblemen of Florence withdrew from the city to a solitary place for prayer and direct service of God; they eventually moved to the deserted slopes of Monte Senario; they adopted the name, Servants of Mary, combining monastic life and active ministry Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/17/23 Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1 ...more52minPlay
February 16, 2023Daybreak for February 16, 2023 Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Onesimus; mentioned by Paul in his letter to Philemon; Onesimus was an escaped slave, baptized by Paul, and sent back to Philemon; Paul urged Philemon to treat him "no longer as a slave, but than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man in the Lord"; died about 68 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/16/23 Gospel: Mark 8:27-33 ...more52minPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,868 episodes available.