Daybreak

By Relevant Radio

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 Father’... more

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October 21, 2025Daybreak for October 21, 2025
Tuesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Hilarion, 291-371; abbot and disciple of St. Anthony the Great; born in Tabatha, Palestine, and educated in Alexandria, Egypt; stayed with St. Anthony in the desert before becoming a hermit at Majuma, near Gaza, Israel; in 356, Hilarion returned to the desert, but found that his fame had spread there; he fled to Sicily to escape notice, but Hesychius traced him there; the two went to Dalmatia, Croatia, and then to Cyprus; Hilarion performed so many miracles that crowds flocked to him when it was discovered he was in any region; he died on Cyprus

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/21/25

Gospel: Luke 12:35-38
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52min
October 20, 2025Daybreak for October 20, 2025
Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, 1694-1775; born in northern Italy; he developed a devotion to Christ's passion; he was known as one of the most popular preachers of his day; in 1720, he founded the Congregation of the Passion--the Passionists--whose members combined devotion to Christ’s passion with preaching to the poor, and rigorous penances; Paul was elected superior general of the congregation in 1747, and spent the remainder of his life in Rom

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/20/25

Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
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52min
October 19, 2025Daybreak for October 19, 2025
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/19/25

Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
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1h
October 18, 2025Daybreak for October 18, 2025
Feast of St. Luke; he wrote a major portion of the New Testament, a two-volume work comprising the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles; tradition holds him to be a native of Antioch; he became a companion to St. Paul; he died about 84 A.D.

Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/18/25

Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
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1h
October 17, 2025Daybreak for October 17, 2025
Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch; born in Syria, converted to Christianity, and became bishop of Antioch; in 107 A.D., the Emperor forced the Christians to choose between apostasy and death; Ignatius was condemned to be put to death in Rome; he is known for the seven letters that he sent during the long journey from Antioch to Rome--five to the churches in Asia Minor, one to Polycarp, and one to the Christians of Rome asking them not to try to prevent his martyrdom; Ignatius bravely met the lions in the Circus Maximus in about 107 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/17/25

Gospel: Luke 12:1-7
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52min
October 16, 2025Daybreak for October 16, 2025
Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 1647-1690; became a Visitation Nun at age 24; in 1674, she received the first of her revelations; she felt "invested" with the presence of God; during the next 13 months, Christ appeared to her at intervals, and told her that his human heart was to be the symbol of his divine-human love; some of Margaret Mary's own sisters were hostile, but Jesuit Claude de la Colombière recognized her genuineness and supported her; Christ called her to be a sacrificial victim for the shortcomings of her own sisters; she served as novice mistress and assistant superior, and died at the age of 43

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/16/25

Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
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52min
October 15, 2025Daybreak for October 15, 2025
Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, 1515-1582; she was a woman of prayer, discipline, and compassion; her ongoing conversion was an arduous lifelong struggle, involving ongoing purification and suffering; she spent much of her time and energy seeking to reform herself and the Carmelites, to lead them back to the full observance of the primitive Rule; she founded over a half-dozen new monasteries; her writings, especially the Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle, have helped generations of believers

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/15/25

Gospel: Luke 11:42-46
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52min
October 14, 2025Daybreak for October 14, 2025
Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of Pope St. Callistus I; lived in the first part of the Third Century; he was a slave, with money entrusted to him; he lost the money, and fled Rome; his master caught him as he was about to jump into the sea, and released him under the assumption that he could recover some of the money; later, he was arrested for fighting in a synagogue, for which he was arrested, denounced as a Christian, and forced to work in the mines of Sardinia; he was rescued by Pope Victor, who sent him to Antrium; Pope Zephyrinus put Callistus in charge of the burial chambers along the Appian Way, still known as the Catacombs of San Callisto; he was pope from 217 to 222

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/14/25

Gospel: Luke 11:37-41
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52min
October 13, 2025Daybreak for October 13, 2025
Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Theophilus of Antioch; bishop of Antioch, and an early Christian apologist; a philosopher in the eastern Roman Empire, he began to study the Scriptures with the intention of attacking the Christian faith but was soon converted; he wrote an apology in three books addressed to Autolycus which demonstrated the superiority of Christianity over the immoral myths of pagan religion; it also developed the doctrine of the Logos (Word), and used the word "Triad" for the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; died in 181 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/13/25

Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
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52min
October 12, 2025Daybreak for October 12, 2025
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/12/25

Gospel: Luke 17:11-19
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1h

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The podcast currently has 1,862 episodes available.