Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for June 27, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Cyril of Alexandria, 378-444; began his career as bishop of Alexandria with numerous harsh actions; but, he championed the cause of orthodoxy against the Nestorian heresy; Cyril was the pope's representative at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and proclaimed Mary the "God-bearer"; after that, he was deposed and imprisoned for three months, but was then welcomed back to Alexandria
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/27/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:6, 12-14
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 26, 2023
    • Monday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, 1902-1975; born in Spain, became a priest to make himself available for whatever God desired; in 1928, while on a retreat, he discerned that he was to found Opus Dei, an institution within the Catholic Church dedicated to helping people in all walks of life to follow Christ, to seek holiness in their daily life and grow in love for God and their fellow men and women; Opus Dei now has over 84,000 members in 60 countries
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/26/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:1-5
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 24, 2023
    • Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist
    • Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/24/23
    • Gospel: Luke 1:57-66, 80
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for June 23, 2023
    • Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Joseph Cafasso, 1811-1860; born in Italy, ordained in 1833; popular teacher, sought-after confessor and spiritual advisor; close friend of St. John Bosco, and encouraged him in his work with boys; patron of prison chaplains
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/23/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 6:19-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 22, 2023
    • Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More; More was a literary scholar, eminent lawyer, gentleman, father of four children, and chancellor of England; Fisher was a priest who was asked to study the question of King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, which he affirmed to be valid; both rejected Henry's remarriage and claim to be the head of the Church of England, and were executed in 1535
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/22/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 21, 2023
    • Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, 1568-1591; had a profound spiritual quickening at the age of 7; eventually joined the Society of Jesus, with St. Robert Bellarmine as his spiritual advisor; assisted in the Jesuit hospital in Rome during the plague of 1591, and fell ill; upon recovery, he still had a fever, and was very weak, but maintained his discipline of prayer; died at the age of 23
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/21/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 20, 2023
    • Tuesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Silverius; became pope in 536, but Empress Theodora tried to get him deposed; he was accused of conspiring with the Goths and exiled; he was allowed to return to Rome, but was then sent to the island of Palmaria, where he was persuaded to abdicate; he died in 537
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/20/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 19, 2023
    • Monday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Romuald, 950-1027; watched his father kill a man, which horrified him, fleeing to a monastery; he was gently ejected after a period; spent thirty years founding monasteries and hermitages; in later life, his father became a monk, wavered, but remained faithful due to the encouragement from his son
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/19/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:38-42
    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…