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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August 26, 2025Daybreak for August 26, 2025
Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Zephyrinus; pope from 199 to 217; Roman by birth, succeeded Victor I; his papacy was dominated by the troubles caused by several heretical groups and the severe persecution of the Church; the antipope Hippolytus criticized his vacillation in dealing with the Monarchian heretics; according to tradition, Zephyrinus was martyred in 202

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/26/25

Gospel: Matthew 23:23-26
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52min
August 25, 2025Daybreak for August 25, 2025
Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Louis of France, 1214-1270; interpreted his kngly duties in the light of faith; respectful of the papacy, but defended royal interests against the popes; he was devoted to his people, founding hospitals, visiting the sick, and like his patron Saint Francis, caring even for people with leprosy; every day, Louis had 13 special guests from among the poor to eat with him; Louis led a crusade to North Africa in 1270; within a month of their landing at Carthage, the army camp was decimated by disease; Louis himself died there at the age of 56

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/25/25

Gospel: Matthew 23:13-22
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52min
August 24, 2025Daybreak for August 24, 2025
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/24/25

Gospel: Luke 13:22-30
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1h
August 22, 2025Daybreak for August 22, 2025
Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of the Queenship of Mary; the feast was established by Pope Pius XII in 1954; Mary's queenship is a share in Jesus' kingship; this observance is a logical followup to the Assumption, celebrated just one week later

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/22/25

Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40
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1h
August 21, 2025Daybreak for August 21, 2025
Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Pius X, 1835-1914; he encouraged Italian Catholics to become more politically involved; one of his first papal acts was to end the supposed right of governments to interfere by veto in papal elections; he denounced the ill treatment of indigenous peoples on the plantations of Peru, sent a relief commission to Messina after an earthquake, and sheltered refugees at his own expense; Pius X foresaw World War I, but it killed him; he said, "This is the last affliction the Lord will visit on me. I would gladly give my life to save my poor children from this ghastly scourge”; he died a few weeks after the beginning of the war, in 1914

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/21/25

Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14
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1h
August 20, 2025Daybreak for August 20, 2025
Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153; joined the monastic community of Citeaux at age 20; within four years, they established a new house in the nearby valley of Wormwoods, with Bernard as abbot; he became known as an arbitrator and counselor; he intervened in a full-blown schism and settled it in favor of the Roman pontiff against the antipope; he was called upon to preach the Second Crusade across Europe; but the military had different ideals from those of Abbot Bernard, and the project ended as a complete military and moral disaster; this burden likely hastened Bernard's death, which came in 1153

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/20/2025

Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16
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1h
August 19, 2025Daybreak for August 19, 2025
Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes, 1601-1680; founded the Eudists--the Congregation of Jesus and Mary--devoted to the formation of the clergy by conducting diocesan seminaries; in his parish mission work, John was disturbed by the condition of prostitutes seeking to get out of that life; shelters were found, but it was insufficient; thus the birth of another religious community, the Sisters of Charity of the Refuge; John Eudes is probably best known for the central theme of his writings--Jesus as the source of holiness; Mary as the model of the Christian life

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/19/25

Gospel: Matthew 19:23-30
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1h
August 18, 2025Daybreak for August 18, 2025
Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Helena; mother of Emperor Constantine the Great; between 326 and 328 A.D., Helena visited the Holy Places in the Middle East; she had many churches constructed, and ordered a pagan temple built over the site of the Crucifixion to be destroyed; in the ruins, she found three crosses; tradition holds that Helena brought a woman who was near death, and had her touch the three crosses, and she fully recovered when touching the third one; Helena declared it to be the "True Cross"; she died around 330 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/18/25

Gospel: Matthew 19:16-22
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52min
August 17, 2025Daybreak for August 17, 2025
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/17/25

Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
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1h
August 16, 2025Daybreak for August 16, 2025
Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Stephen of Hungary, 975-1038; son of the Chief of the Magyars; baptized at the age of 10, along with his father; when he succeeded his father, he adopted a policy of Christianization of the country for political and religious reasons; under Stephen, one of every ten towns was required to build a church and support a priest; he abolished pagan customs, and was easily accessible to all, especially the poor; he died in 1038

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/16/25

Gospel: Matthew 19:13-15
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