Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for July 28, 2023
    • Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St, Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, 1920-1946; Franciscan religious sister; the first native of India to be canonized a saint, and the first saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Saint Thomas Christian community
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/28/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:18-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 27, 2023
    • Thursday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Titus Brandsma, 1881-1942; Dutch Carmelite priest, known for his intellect and scholarship; he was singled out as an enemy of the Nazis, because he fought the spread of Nazism in Europe; he was sent to various concentration camps, where he demonstrated charity and concern; he was martyred at Dachau
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/27/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:10-17
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 26, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary; no "hard facts" are available about them; even their names come from a legendary source written more than a century after the Passion; but much can be inferred about their heroism and holiness simply by looking at the Blessed Virgin herself
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/26/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 24, 2023
    • Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel Makhlouf, 1828-1898; raised by an uncle; at 23, he joined the Monastery of St. Maron at Annaya, Lebanon; Sharbel lived as a hermit from 1875 until his death; his reputation for holiness prompted people to seek him to receive a blessing and to be remembered in his prayers; assisted in administering sacraments at neighboring parishes, as needed; died the afternoon of Christmas Eve
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/24/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:38-42
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 22, 2023
    • Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, the "apostle to the apostles"
    • Saturday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/22/23
    • Gospel: John 20:1-2, 11-18
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 21, 2023
    • Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, 1559-1619; born in Brindisi, in the kingdom of Naples; joined the Capuchins at 16, and became definitor general for the order in 1596; helped raise an army among the Germans to fight against the Turks, and served as chaplain; elected vicar general of the Capuchins in 1602, but refused re-election; as papal nuncio in Bavaria, he resolved several royal disputes; retired, but was recalled to go to Spain to intercede with King Philip; the trip exhausted him, and he died a few days after his meeting with the king
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/21/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:1-8
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 20, 2023
    • Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Apollinaris; sent by St. Peter to be the first bishop of Ravenna; pagans beat him and drove him from the city; he returned, and was exiled, three more times; on his fourth return, he died from wounds received in a savage beating at Classis, a suburb of Ravenna, about 79 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/20/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 19, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Arsenius the Great, 354-450; served as tutor to the children of Emperor Theodosius I; became a monk in Alexandria, Egypt, studying with St. John the Dwarf; in 434, he went to the rock of Troe, then to Memphis, Egypt, and to the island of Canopus, near Alexandria; he died at Troe
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/19/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:25-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 18, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis, 1550-1614; overcame a life of gambling, and was moved the preaching of a Capuchin friar; tried twice to enter the Capuchins, but was unsuccessful, because of a sore on his leg; studied for priesthood, and was ordained at 34, and then started his own congregation which care for the sick; at his final illness, he left his bed to see if other patients needed help
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/18/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24
    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…