Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for September 27, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, 1580-1660; founder of the Congregation of the Mission, aka the Vincentians; with the help of St. Louise de Marillac, he also helped to found the Daughters of Charity; patron of all charitable societies, including the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/27/23
    • Gospel: Luke 9:1-6 
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 26, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Saints Cosmas and Damian; brothers born in Arabia, known for their skill in the science of medicine; as Christians, they took no money for their services; under the persecution of Diocletian, they became targets; they were arrested, tortured, and martyred in about the year 283 A.D.; they are the patrons of pharmacists
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/26/23
    • Gospel: Luke 8:19-21
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 25, 2023
    • Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Albert of Jerusalem, 1149-1215; born in Parma, Italy, llikely of a noble family; as Patriarch of Jerusalem, the hermits on Mount Carmel asked him to establish a rule of life for them, constituting the beginning of the Carmelite order; Albert was assassinated on his way to the Lateran council
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/25/23
    • Gospel: Luke 8:16-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 23, 2023
    • Saturday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, aka Padre Pio, 1887-1968; grew up in a family of farmers in southern Italy; joined the Capuchins at age 15; ordained in 1910; in 1918, after mass, he received a vision of Jesus; after the vision, he had the stigmata on his hands, feet, and side; busloads of people came to see him, and he heard confessions for up to ten hours per day; many penitents said that Padre Pio knew details of their lives which they had not mentioned
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/23/23
    • Gospel: Luke 8:4-15
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for September 22, 2023
    • Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Phocas the Gardener; lived in the Third and Fourth Centuries in Sinope, earning his living cultivating a garden; he shared with the poor, and provided lodging to travelers; when his identity as a Christian became known to the pagan Roman authorities, soldiers were dispatched to arrest Phocas; they stopped at his home for lodging, unaware of who he was; Phocas revealed himself the next morning, and the soldiers--though reluctant to carry out their orders--ultimately beheaded him, around 303 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/22/23
    • Gospel: Luke 8:1-3
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 20, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, martyrs; during the 19th Century persecutions of Christians in Korea, 103 gave their lives as martyrs, including some bishops and priests, and lay people--men and women, married and unmarried, children, young people, and the elderly
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/20/23
    • Gospel: Luke 7:31-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 19, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Januarius; bishop of Benevento during the persecution of Diocletian; arrested while visiting clergy and laymen in prison, and executed; a vial of his blood is kept in Naples as a relic, and liquifies when exposed
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/19/23
    • Gospel: Luke 7:11-17
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 18, 2023
    • Monday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Joseph of Cupertino, 1603-1663; showed a fondness for prayer even as a child; joined the Capuchins, and then the Conventual Franciscans; ordained a priest in 1628; tended to levitate during prayer, and this often became a cross for him, as people would come to see him as a curiosity; he was investigated and exonerated by the Inquisition
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/18/23
    • Gospel: Luke 7:1-10
    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…