Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for December 16, 2021
    • Thursday of the Third Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Adelaide, 932-999; when her husband Lothair died, his successor tried to force her to marry his son; she escaped and sought help from Otto of Germany, who conquered Italy and married her in 951; the two were crowned rulers of the Holy Roman Empire; established many monasteries and churches; died at the convent at Seltz, which she founded
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/16/21
    • Gospel: Luke 7:24-30
    50 min
  • Daybreak for December 15, 2021
    • Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa, 1813-1855; left school at 17 to manage her widowed father's household; cared for the spiritual needs of young girls working in her father's mills; worked in the Brescia hospital during the 1836 cholera epidemic; founded a home for girls, and a school for deaf mutes; in 1840, she became the Superior of the Handmaids of Charity of Brescia
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/15/21
    • Gospel: Luke 7:18-23
    50 min
  • Daybreak for December 14, 2021
    • Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent
    • Memorial of St. John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church, 1542-1591; ordained at the age of 25; with Teresa of Avila–and in his own right–worked at reform of the Carmelite order, and experienced opposition, misunderstand, persecution, and imprisonment; it was in prison where he wrote his greatest works, “Spiritual Canticle” and “Ascent of Mount Carmel; unique as a mystic-poet
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/14/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32
    50 min
  • Daybreak for December 13, 2021
    • Monday of the Third Week of Advent
    • Memorial of St. Lucy, virgin and martyr, 283-304; a disappointed suitor accused Lucy of being a Christian, and she was executed in Syracuse, Sicily; Lucy is the patroness of eyesight
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/13/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 21:23-27
    50 min
  • Daybreak for December 11, 2021
    • Saturday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Damasus I, 304-384; began his papacy contending with the existence of an antipope; as pope, his lifestyle was simple; he was a fierce opponent of Arianism, and other heresies; his encouragement of St. Jerome’s biblical studies led to the Vulgate
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/11/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 17:9-13
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for December 10, 2021
    • Friday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Eulalia of Merida, 290-304; born in Spain; it is believed that, as a twelve-year-old girl, she tried to remonstrate with a judge for forcing Christians to worship pagan gods; the judge was amused, but eventually ordered that she be tortured and killed
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/10/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19
    50 min
  • Daybreak for December 9, 2021
    • Thursday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Optional Memorial of St. Juan Diego, 1474-1548; Our Lady of Guadalupe first appeared to him on Tepeyac hill on December 9, 1531; when he opened his tilma for the bishop to see the out-of-season roses which Our Lady had provided, her image appeared on the tilma; Juan later lived near the shrine constructed at Tepeyac, and was revered as a holy, unselfish, and compassionate catechist
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/9/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:11-15
    50 min
  • Daybreak for December 8, 2021
    • Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    • Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/8/21
    • Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
    50 min
  • Daybreak for December 7, 2021
    • Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent
    • Memorial of St. Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church, 337-397; an otherworldly man involved in the great issues of his day; responsible for the conversion of St. Augustine of Hippo
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/7/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 18:12-14
    50 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…