Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for October 7, 2022
    • Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary; observance established by St. Pius V in 1573, in thanksgiving for a Christian victory in the Battle of Lepanto
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/22
    • Gospel: Luke 11:15-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 6, 2022
    • Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, 1811-1849; born in Quebec, educated by the Sisters of Notre Dame; at the bishop's invitation, she founded the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, dedicated to Christian education; she remained unswerving in her concern for the poor, and died at the age of 38
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/6/22
    • Gospel: Luke 11:5-13
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 5, 2022
    • Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, 1905-1938; born in what is now west-central Poland; as a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, she carried out her work faithfully, and received revelations from the Lord Jesus--who chose to emphasize his mercy and forgiveness for sins acknowledged and confessed; thus, St. Faustina is linked with the Feast of Divine Mercy, the Divine Mercy chaplet, and the Divine Mercy prayer; she died of tuberculosis in Krakow, Poland
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/5/22
    • Gospel: Luke 11:1-4
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 4, 2022
    • Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226; serious illness brought him to a conversion; he heeded the Lord's call, "Francis, go out and build up my house, for it is nearly falling down"; he never intended to found an order, but once it began he protected it and accepted all legal strructures needed to support it; his devotion an loyalty to the Church were absolute; received the stigmata two years before his death
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/4/22
    • Gospel: Luke 10:38-42
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 3, 2022
    • Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Theodora Guerin, 1798-1856; born in France; joined the Sisters of Prividence in 1823; she was sent, with five sisters, to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, in 1840, to form a new religious congeregation, and care for the sick poor; she and her community persevered despite fires, crop failures, prejudice against Catholic women religious, misunderstandings, and separation from their original congregation
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/3/22
    • Gospel: Luke 10:25-37
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 1, 2022
    • Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux, 1873-1897; the "Little Flower" lived a cloistered life of obscurity in the convent of Lisieux; her preference was for "hidden sacrifice," saying that "to pick up a pin for love can convert a soul"; her autobiography, "The Story of a Soul," is read and loved throughout the world
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/1/22
    • Gospel: Luke 10:17-24
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for September 30, 2022
    • Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Jerome, 345-420; avid student, thorough scholar, prodigious letter-writer, and consultant to monk, bishop, and pope; translated the Bible into what became known as the Vulgate; traveled extensively in Palestine, and settled in Bethlehem, in what was believed to be the cave of the Lord's nativity, where he died
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/30/22
    • Gospel: Luke 10:13-16
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 28, 2022
    • Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, 907-935; born near Prague, the son of Duke Wratislaw, who was murdered; after a coup in 922, Wenceslaus became the ruler; after Wenceslaus had a son, his brother Boleslaus was no longer successor to the throne, so he and a group of dissenters murdered Wenceslaus
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/28/22
    • Gospel: Luke 9:57-62
    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…