Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for September 4, 2021
    • Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Rosalia, 1130-1160; descendant of Charlemagne; spent much of her adult life in a cave, practicing great mortifications, in constant communion with God; died alone in 1160; her body wasn’t discovered until 1625
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/4/21
    • Gospel: Luke 6:1-5
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for September 3, 2021
    • Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, 540-604; elected pope at the age of 50; removed unworthy priests from office, forbade taking money for many services, ransomed prisoners of the Lombards, and cared for persecuted Jews and victims of plague and famine; known for his reformof the liturgy, and for strengthening respect for doctrine; one of the four key doctors of the Western Church, along with Saints Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/3/21
    • Gospel: Luke 5:33-39
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 2, 2021
    • Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Ingrid of Sweden; first Dominican nun in Sweden; founded the first Dominican cloister in Sweden in 1281; died 1281
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/2/21
    • Gospel: Luke 5:1-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 1, 2021
    • Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Giles, 650-710; Athenian of noble birth, so conspicuous by his piety that he sailed for France, and eventually settled in the Diocese of Nimes; spent many years in solitude, conversing only with God; founded a monastery which eventually embraced the rule of St. Benedict
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/1/21
    • Gospel: Luke 4:38-44
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 31, 2021
    • Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne; born in Ireland, went to Lindisfarne as bishop; know for his knowledge of the Bible, his learning, his eloquent preaching, his holiness, distaste for pomp, kindness to the poor, and for the miracles attributed to him; founded a monastery at Lindisfarne which became a center of learning and missionary activity for of norther England; died 651 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/31/21
    • Gospel: Luke 4:31-37
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 30, 2021
    • Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Jeanne Jugan, 1792-1879; born in northern France, during the French Revolution; lived a life of serving the poor, sick and elderly; in 1839, she and her friends brought in their first permanent guest, and formed an association, the Little Sisters of the Poor; by 1853, the association numbered 500 and had houses as far away as England
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/30/21
    • Gospel: Luke 4:16-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 28, 2021
    • Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo, bishop and doctor of the Church, 354-430; sinner-turned-saint; lived a wild youth, but converted through the prayers of his mother and the instruction of St. Ambrose; in his day, he fulfilled the role of prophet
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/28/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 27, 2021
    • Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Monica, 330-387; mother of St. Augustine; Monica prayed for Augustine–who was living an immoral life–to return to the faith; her prayers were answered when St. Augustine was baptized by St. Ambrose in 387; shortly afterward, Monica took ill and died, “all my hopes in this world being now fulfilled.”
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/27/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 26, 2021
    • Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Bichier, 1773-1838; Upon the death of her father she devoted herself to teaching and caring for the sick and needy; after her mother died, she joined the Carmelites, and later the Society of Providence; in 1806, she and four assistants formed the Daughter of the Cross
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/26/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51
    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…