Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for August 17, 2023
    • Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; born in Montefalco, Italy; joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries where her sister Joan was the abbess; when Joan died, Clare succeeded her; Clare was devoted to the Passion of Christ and His cross; when she died, an image of the Cross was found imprinted on her heart, and her body remained incorrupt
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/17/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 16, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Stephen of Hungary, 975-1038; born a pagan, baptized at 10; when he became chief of the Magyars, he adopted a policy of Christianization for both political and religious reasons; he established a system of tithes to support churches and pastors and to relieve the poor; he abolished pagan customs, and was easily accessible to all, especially the poor; his son Emeric died in 1031; he and his son were canonized in 1083
    • Office of Reading and Morning Prayer for 8/16/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 15, 2023
    • Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven; declared a dogma by Pope Pius XII in 1950
    • Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/23
    • Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
    1 hr 1 min
  • Daybreak for August 14, 2023
    • Monday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; Franciscan priest from a portion of Poland which is now part of Ukraine; founded the Militia of the Immaculata, and the magazine, "Knight of the Immaculata"; arrested by Nazis in 1939, and then released; arrested again in 1941, and was sent to a starvation bunker; a prisoner had escaped, and ten men were to die as punishment; St. Maximilian offered to replace one of those, who had a wife and family; St. Maximilian died by lethal injection
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 17:22-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 12, 2023
    • Saturday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; after being widowed, she fell into depression at her family home; at the age of 32, she met St. Francis de Sales, who became her spiritual director; with him, she helped to found an order which would exemplify the virtues of Mary at the Visition--hence, their name, the Visitation Nuns; Jane Frances underwent great spiritual trials, and died while on a visit to convents of the community
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 17:14-20
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 11, 2023
    • Friday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Clare of Assisi, 1194-1253; moved by the preaching of St. Francis, who placed her in a convent; sixteen days later, her sister Agnes joined her, and others followed; they lived a simple life of great poverty, austerity, and complete seclusion from the world; Clare came from prayer, it was said, with her face so shining it dazzled those about her.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/11/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 16:24-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 10, 2023
    • Feast of St. Lawrence, 225-258; Roman deacon under Pope St. Sixtus II, martyred just days before Lawrence; when the Roman prefect demanded that Lawrence present him with "the treasures of the Church," Lawrence assembled a group of blind, lame, maimed, leprous, orphaned, and widowed persons, and said, "These are the treasures of the Church"; Lawrence was martyred on a gridiron over hot coals, and was known to remark, "It is well done. Turn me over!”"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/10/23
    • Gospel: John 12:24-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 9, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, 1891-1942; brilliant philosopher from a Jewish family; she stopped believing in God at age 14; but she was so captivated by the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila, that she was eventually baptized, and later became a Carmelite; she lived for four years in the Cologne Carmel, and then moved to the Carmel in Echt, Netherlands; Nazis were arresting all Jews who had become Christians, and Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa--also a Catholic--died in the gas chamber at Auschwitz
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/9/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 8, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Dominic, 1170-1221; born in Old Castile, Spain, and was prepared for priesthood by a priest-uncle; on a journey through France with his bishop, he came face-to-face with the Albigensian heresy, which held that all matter was evil, thus denying the Incarnation and the sacraments; Dominic led a preaching crusade against Albigensianism; he and his fellow preachers eventually formed a community, and the Order of Preachers--the Dominicans--began in 1215
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/8/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 14:22-36
    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…