Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for June 29, 2026
    • Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
    • Monday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/29/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 27, 2026
    • Saturday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Cyril of Alexandria, 376-444; in 412, he succeeded his uncle Theopholus as archbishop of Alexandria; in 431, he convened the Council of Ephesus which vindicated Mary’s title as Mother of God; he was a prolific author, writing commentaries on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Isaiah, and the Gospels of John and Luke
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/27/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 8:5-17
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for June 26, 2026
    • Friday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer; 1902-1975; born in Spain; in 1918, he sensed that God was asking something of him; he was ordained a priest, and began his pastoral ministry in 1925; in 1928, God showed him 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; he moved to Rome in 1946, so as to be close to the Holy See; his death came suddenly in Rome, when he was 73
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/26/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 8:1-4
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 25, 2026
    • Thursday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. William of Vercelli, 1085-1142; born in Vercelli, Italy; brought up as an orphan; became a hermit after a pilgrimage, and attracted so many followers that a monastery was built; the austerity of his rule led to dissension among his followers; so, to restore peace, William left, and was taken under the protection of Roger I of Naples, who built him a monastery in Salerno; he founded monasteries throughout Naples, and died near Nusco, Italy
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/25/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 24, 2026
    • Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist
    • Wednesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/24/26
    • Gospel: Luke 1:57-66, 80
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 23, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Agrippina; came from a good Roman family in the Third Century; she was caught up in the persecutions instituted by Emperor Valerian or Diocletian and was beheaded or scourged in 262; her body was taken to Mineo, Sicily, by three devout Christian women; the gravesite became a popular pilgrimage destination, noted for miracles through Agrippina's intercession
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/23/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:6, 12-14
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 22, 2026
    • Monday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Saints John Fisher and Thomas More; Thomas More was married, fathered children, and was elected to parliament; he was made Lord Chancellor of England shortly before Henry VIII took control of the Church of England; Thomas resigned over this, and suffered poverty, imprisonment in the Tower of London, and beheading; John Fisher, Cambridge scholar and bishop of Rochester, was one of 53 others martyred in 1535
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/22/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:1-5
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 20, 2026
    • Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. John of Pulsano, 1070-1139; born in Matera in the kingdom of Naples; he entered the Benedictines, but was disliked because his austerities; joined the community of St. William of Vercelli for a time, leaving to preach at Ban; John spent time as a hermit in Sicily and was imprisoned; he escaped and went to Capua; in his later years, John founded a monastery at Pulsano; he was famous for preaching, prophecy, and miracles
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/20/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
    1 hr

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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…