Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for July 9, 2026
    • Thursday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong and 119 companions, the martyrs of China; they were holy men and women who gave their lives for Christ between 1648 and 1930; they included 87 native Chinese and 33 foreign missionaries; Augustine Zhao Rong, the first martyred Chinese priest, had earlier witnessed the persecution of Monsignor Dufresse and became ordained because of it
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/9/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:7-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 8, 2026
    • Wednesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Jeanne-Marie Kerguin, 1864-1900; born in France to a peasant family; joined the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1887; she was assigned first to Paris, then to Carthage in Northern Africa; she encountered health problems and was sent to Rome to recover; there she answered the call of her Order to work as a missionary; she arrived in China in 1899, and was hospitalized with typhus; she was arrested during the Boxer Rebellion, and was beheaded in China
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/8/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:1-7
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 7, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Palladius; early Fifth Century Irish missionary, the first bishop of Ireland, and the immediate predecessor to St. Patrick; in about 430, Pope Celestine I sent Palladius to preach among the Irish; his mission apparently made little impact upon the native population; Palladius departed Ireland and sailed for Scotland, where he preached among the Picts; he died at Fordun, near Aberdeen
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/7/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:32-38
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 6, 2026
    • Monday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti, 1890-1902; after her father’s passing, Saint Maria’s mother had to return to work while Maria looked after her five brothers and sisters; sadly, a malicious neighbor took advantage of the situation and little Maria was killed in 1902; Saint Maria, at age 11, declared she’d rather die than be abused; she was canonized in 1950 by Pope Pius XII and is one of the Church’s youngest saints
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/6/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:18-26
    47 min
  • Daybreak for July 4, 2026
    • Saturday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Independence Day in the U.S.
    • Optional Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, 1271-1336; given in marriage at the age of 12 to Denis, king of Portugal; she helped pilgrims, strangers, the sick, the poor—in a word, all those whose need came to her notice; Elizabeth of Portugal long sought peace for her husband with God, and was finally rewarded when he gave up his life of sin; after the death of her husband, Elizabeth retired as a Franciscan tertiary to the monastery of the Poor Clares in Coimbra; from there, she brought about a lasting peace between her son Alfonso, now king of Portugal, and his son-in-law, the king of Castile
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/4/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:14-17
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 3, 2026
    • Feast of St. Thomas, apostle
    • Friday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/3/26
    • Gospel: John 20:24-29
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 2, 2026
    • Thursday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Monegundis; Sixth Century hermitess, born in Chartres, France, and married; when her daughters died, she received her husband's permission to become a hermitess; she started a hermitage at Chartres but then moved to a site near the tomb of St. Martin at Tours; disciples who joined her forced her to establish a rule that led to the founding of a  convent; she died in 570, and many miracles took place at her tomb
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/2/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 1, 2026
    • Wednesday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Junipero Serra, 1713-1784; Spanish priest and Franciscan missionary; an explorer and colonist of California, and founder of the missions of California; his missionary efforts earned him the title of “Apostle of California” and “The Father of the California Missions”
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/1/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 8:28-34
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 30, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of the First Martyrs of the Church of Rome; they were put to death under the emperor Nero's reign, in 64 A.D.; the burning of the city of Rome was suspected to be Nero's fault, and he laid it on the Christians; their conviction and martyrdom led to many others to follow Christ
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/30/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 8:23-27
    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…