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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for January 5, 2022
    • Memorial of St. John Neumann, 1811-1860; born in what is now the Czech Republic, and came to New York at 25; ordained a priest, and joined the Redemptorists; did missionary work in Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio; as bishop of Philadelphia, he organized the parochial school system into a diocesan one, and drew many teaching religious to the city
    • Wednesday after Epiphany
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/5/22
    • Gospel: Mark 6:45-52
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 4, 2022
    • Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1774-1821; founded the first American religious community for women; opened the first American parish school; established the first American Catholic orphanage; first American-born citizen to be canonized a saint
    • Tuesday after Epiphany
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/4/22
    • Gospel: Mark 6:34-444
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 31, 2021
    • Seventh Day of Christmas
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Sylvester I; pope from 314 to 335; preserved the essential independence of the Church in the face of Emperor Constantine; died 335 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/31/21
    • Gospel: John 1:1-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 30, 2021
    • Sixth Day of Christmas
    • Saint of the Day: St. Egwin; bishop of Worcester, England, in the Seventh Century; known as a protector of orphans and the widowed, and a fair judge; founded Evesham Abbey, where he died December 30, 717
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/30/21
    • Gospel: Luke 2:36-40
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 29, 2021
    • Fifth Day of Christmas
    • Optional Memorial of St. Thomas Becket, 1118-1170; originally a friend of King Henry II, as Archbishop of Canterbury he opposed Henry's intrusion into Church affairs; slain in Canterbury Cathedral by four of King Henry's knights
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/29/21
    • Gospel: Luke 2:22-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 28, 2021
    • Feast of the Holy Innocents: In an effort to rid himself of what believed to be a rival, the "newborn king of the Jews," Herod ordered the massacre of all boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years and under.
    • Fourth Day of Christmas
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/28/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 2:13-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 27, 2021
    • Feast of St. John, apostle and evangelist, 6-100 A.D.; author of the fourth Gospel, along with three New Testament letters and the Book of Revelation; in his own Gospel, he identifies himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved."
    • Third Day of Christmas
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/27/21
    • Gospel: John 20:1-8
    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…