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  • Daybreak for November 17, 2022
    • Thursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 1207-1231; married Louis of Thuringia, and bore him three children; led a life of prayer, sacrifice, and service to the poor and sick; Louis died in the Crusades, and Elizabeth joined the Secular Franciscan Order; she cared for the poor in a hospital which she had founded; died before her 24th birthday
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/17/22
    • Gospel: Luke 19:41-44
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 16, 2022
    • Wednesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Margaret of Scotland, 1045-1093; when her family fled William the Conqueror, they were shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland; she married King Malcom in 1070; promoted the arts and education, encouraged synods, and participated in discussions on correcting religious abuses; she was always surrounded by beggars in public, and never refused them; died four days after her husband was killed in an attack on Alnwick Castle
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/16/22
    • Gospel: Luke 19:11-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 15, 2022
    • Tuesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great, 1206-1280; the "master" of St. Thomas Aquinas; a curious, honest, and diligent scholar; became a Dominican, and wrote a compendium of all knowledge; patron of scientists and philosophers
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/15/22
    • Gospel: Luke 19:1-10
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 14, 2022
    • Monday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Lawrence O'Toole, 1128-1180; born at Leinster, son of Murtagh, chief of the Murrays; taken hostage and surrendered to the bishop of Glendalough; became a monk, and was named archbishop of Dublin in 1161; negotiated with the invading English, convened a synod, and attended the General Lateran Council; named papal legate to Ireland
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/14/22
    • Gospel: Luke 18:35-43
    52 min
  • Daybreak for November 11, 2022
    • Friday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, 316-397; forced to join the army at age 15; became a Christian, and was discharged; became a monk under St. Hilary of Poitiers; founded what may have been the first monastery in France near Poitiers; reluctantly consecrated bishop of Tours
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/11/22
    • Gospel: Luke 17:26-37
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for November 10, 2022
    • Thursday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Churh; elected pope in 440; worked at containing heresies, dealing with doctrinal controversy in the Eastern Church, and led the defense of Rome against the barbarian attack; died 461 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/10/22
    • Gospel: Luke 17:20-25
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for November 9, 2022
    • Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, in Rome; the cathedral of the diocese of Rome, the "pope's church"
    • Wednesday of the 32nd week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/9/22
    • Gospel: John 2:13-22
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for November 8, 2022
    • Tuesday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Castorius; patron of sculptors; one of the "Four Crowned Martyrs" of Hungary, along with Claudius, Nocostratus, and Symphorian; Diocletian commissioned them to do several carvings, but they refused to sacrifice to the pagan god; they were imprisoned and executed
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for November 7, 2022
    • Monday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Engelbert, 1187-1225; son of the count of Berg; excommunicated, but restored to union with the Church; became archbishop of Cologne at the age of 30; slain by his cousin Frederick, whom he had thwarted in an attempt to steal from the nuns of Essen
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/7/22
    • Gospel: Luke 17:1-6
    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…