Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for July 15, 2021
    • Memorial of St. Bonaventure, 1221-1274; entered the Franciscan order at the age of 22; studied in Paris, where he became friends with St. Thomas Aquinas and King St. Louis; became general of his order at 35; appointed Cardinal and Bishop of Albano
    • Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/15/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 14, 2021
    • Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, 1656-1680; first Native American to be canonized a saint; converted to the Catholic faith at the age of 19; traveled to a Christian Indian Village near Montreal; took a vow of virginity, and practiced severe fasting for the conversion of her nation; died the afternoon before Holy Thursday
    • Wednesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/14/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:25-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 13, 2021
    • Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Henry, 972-1025; German king and Holy Roman Emperor; helped Pope Benedict VIII quell disturbances in Rome; fostered the reform of ecclesiastical and monastic life
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/13/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 12, 2021
    • Monday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Veronica;the woman who offered a cloth to Jesus so He could wipe His face on the way to His crucifixion; Veronica’s veil is considered one of the most treasured relics of the Vatican
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/12/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:34-11:1
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 10, 2021
    • Saturday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Anthony Pechersky, 983-1073; built a hermitage in Kiev which became the “Caves of Kiev”; one of the fathers of Ukrainian monasticism
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/10/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:24-33
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 9, 2021
    • Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions, the Chinese martyrs; 120 martyrs who died between 1648 and 1930; St. Augustine Zhao Rong was baptized, ordained a diocesan priest, and martyred in 1815
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/9/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 8, 2021
    • Thursday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Jeanne-Marie Kerguin, 1864-1900; joined the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1887; arrived in China in 1899, where she was martyred in the Boxer Rebellion
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/8/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:7-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 7, 2021
    • Wednesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Palladius, 408-457; immediate predecessor of St. Patrick in Ireland; founded three churches there, but had little success in converting the native population; sailed for Scotland, and preached among the Picts; died near Aberdeen
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/7/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:1-7
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 6, 2021
    • Tuesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti, 1890-1902; victim of an attempted assault by a neighbor, who proceeded to kill her; forgave her murderer in her final hours; he was sentenced to 30 years in prison, where he had a dream of Maria offering flowers to him, and his life changed; after his release, he sought–and received–the forgiveness of Maria’s mother, and attended Maria’s canonization
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/6/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:32-38
    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…