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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September 21, 2025Daybreak for September 21, 2025
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/21/25

Gospel: Luke 16:1-13
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September 20, 2025Daybreak for September 20, 2025
Saturday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasan, and companions, the Korean martyrs; Christianity came to Korea during the Japanese invasion in 1592 when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers; yhe first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts; following his baptism at the age of 15, Andrew traveled 1,300 miles to the seminary in Macao, China, and was ordained a priest in Shanghai; Paul Chong Hasang, a lay apostle and married man, died in 1839 at age 45; besides Andrew and Paul, Pope John Paul II canonized 98 Koreans and three French missionaries who had been martyred between 1839 and 1867

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/20/25

Gospel: Luke 9:18-22
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1h
September 19, 2025Daybreak for September 19, 2025
Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Januarius; in Diocletian's persecution of 305, Januarius and his companions were thrown to the bears in the amphitheatre, but the animals failed to attack, so they were beheaded; Januarius' blood was eventually brought to Naples, where it liquifies 18 times per year; the phenomenon eludes natural explanation

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/19/25

Gospel: Luke 8:1-3
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52min
September 18, 2025Daybreak for September 18, 2025
Thursday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Joseph of Cupertino, 1603-1663; "the flying saint"; entered the Franciscan order, and was ordained a priest; over seventy times, people say they saw him rise from the ground while offering mass or praying; at Mass he is said to have frequently floated in the air in rapture; once as Christmas carols were being sung, he soared to the high altar and knelt in the air, in ecstatic prayer; endured many severe trials and temptations in his life

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/18/25

Gospel: Luke 7:36-50
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52min
September 17, 2025Daybreak for September 17, 2025
Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, 1542-1621; ordained in 1570, and devoted his energy to the study of church history and the early church fathers; Pope Clement VIII made him a cardinal, saying that "he had not his equal for learning"; he relaxed none of his austerities, limiting his household expenses to what was barely essential, and eating only food made available to the poor; in 1616, representing the Holy Office, he cautioned his friend Galileo not to put forward--except as a hypothesis--theories not yet fully proven

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/17/25

Gospel: Luke 7:31-35
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52min
September 16, 2025Daybreak for September 16, 2025
Tuesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian; Cornelius was elected pope in 251; one of his great challenges was the question of whether the Church could pardon and receive back into the Church those who had apostacized in the face of martyrdom; Cornelius insisted that they be welcomed back; in 253, Cornelius was exiled, and died of the hardships of his exile; Cyprian was a close friend of Pope Cornelius, and supported him both against the anti-pope Novatian and in his views concerning the re-admittance of apostates into the Church; he was martyred in 258 during the persecutions of the emperor Valerian

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/16/25

Gospel: Luke 7:11-17
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52min
September 15, 2025Daybreak for September 15, 2025
Monday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/15/25

Gospel: John 19:25-27
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52min
September 14, 2025Daybreak for September 14, 2025
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; commemorating the discovery of the True Cross in 326, its initial exaltation for public veneration in 335, and the recovery of the Cross from the Persians in 628

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/14/25

Gospel: John 3:13-17
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1h
September 13, 2025Daybreak for September 13, 2025
Saturday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, 349-407; his name is a tribute to his preaching, meaning "golden-mouthed"; he reluctantly became bishop of Constantinople; but his zeal led him to decisive action, including deposing bishops who had bribed their way into office; he called for concrete steps to share wealth with the poor; Theophilus, the bishop of Alexandria, and the Empress Eudoxia were determined to discredit John; the empress finally had him exiled, where he died

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/13/25

Gospel: Luke 6:43-49
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1h
September 12, 2025Daybreak for September 12, 2025
Friday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Mary

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/12/25

Gospel: Luke 6:39-42
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52min

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