Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for January 6, 2023
    • Friday of the Second Week of Christmas
    • Saint of the Day: St. André Bessette, 1845-1937; entered the Congregation of Holy Cross, and served as doorkeeper; spent most nights on his knees; visited and prayed with the sick; volunteered to nurse when an epidemic broke out at a nearby college; helped to build the Oratory of St. Joseph on Mount Royal in Montreal
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/6/23
    • Gospel: Mark 1:7-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 5, 2023
    • 12th Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of St. John Neumann, 1811-1860; born in what is now the Czech Republic, came to New York at the age of 25, and was ordained a priest; joined the Redemptorists, and became bishop of Philadelphia; organized the parochial school system in a diocesan one, increasing the number of pupils twentyfold; first American bishop to be beatified
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/5/23
    • Gospel: John 1:43-51
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 4, 2023
    • 11th Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1774-1821; founded the first American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity; opened the first American parish school; established the first American Catholic orphanage; first American-born citizen to be canonized
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/4/23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 2, 2023
    • Ninth Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of Saints Basil the Great (330-379) and Gregory Nazianzen (329-390); childhood friends; Basil founded monasteries, and wrote a rule which became important in the guidance of religious communities in the east; ordained bishop of Caesarea in 370; Gregory followed a similar path, ordained a priest, though he longed for the life of a monk; ordained a bishop by Basil; the two were defining figures as the early Church sought to describe Jesus as fully human and fully divine
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/2/23
    • Gospel: John 1:19-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 31, 2022
    • Seventh Day of Christmas
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Sylvester I, 285-335; saw the triumph of Constantine in 312, and two years later became pope; sent four legates to represent him at the great Council of the Western Church at Aries; also sent legates to the Council of Nice in 325, but was unable to attend himself, due to his age; pope for 24 years and 11 months
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/31/22
    • Gospel: John 1:1-18
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for December 30, 2022
    • Feast of the Holy Family; primarily instituted and promoted by the Church to present the Holy Family as the model and exemplar of all Christian families
    • Sixth Day of Christmas
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/30/22
    • Gospel: Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 29, 2022
    • Fifth Day of Christmas
    • Optional Memorial of St. Thomas Becket, 1118-1170; friend of King Henry II; became chancellor of England at the age of 36, then archbishop of Canterbury; but Henry insisted on usurping Church rights; Thomas fled to France for safety and remained in exile for seven years; he returned, and refused to remit censures on bishops favored by the king; Henry cried out, "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?"; four knights took Henry's words as his wish, and killed Thomas in the Canterbury cathedral
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/29/22
    • Gospel: Luke 2:22-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 28, 2022
    • Feast of the Holy Innocents; Herod became troubled when the Magi inquired about "the newborn king of the Jews"; he ordered the massacre of all boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under
    • Fourth Day of Christmas
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/28/22
    • Gospel: Matthew 2:13-18
    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…