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 01, 2025Daybreak for September 1, 2025
Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Simeon the Stylite, 390-459; he entered a monastery and became a hermit; in 423 he imposed on himself the unusual mortification of living atop a pillar only a few feet in diameter and about ten feet high; one bishop even brought him Holy Communion; Simeon devoted himself to prayer, but also gave exhortations twice daily; he urged his listeners to pray for the salvation of souls

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/1/25

Gospel: Luke 4:16-30
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52min
August 31, 2025Daybreak for August 31, 2025
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/31/25

Gospel: Luke 14:1, 7-14
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1h
August 30, 2025Daybreak for August 30, 2025
Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Narcisa De Jesus Martillo Moran, 1832-1869; born in Ecuador, orphaned at an early age, she worked as a seamstress; she resolved to consecrate her virginity to Christ and to spend the rest of her life offering prayers and penances to God in expiation for mankind’s sins; she spent eight hours per day in prayer, four hours per night in mortifications, ate a very austere diet, and lived in humble living quarters; she was frequently seen in a state of ecstasy; she died at the age of 37 in Lima, Peru

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/30/25

Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30
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1h
August 29, 2025Daybreak for August 29, 2025
Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist; the drunken oath of a king with a shallow sense of honor, a seductive dance and the hateful heart of a queen combined to bring about the martyrdom of John the Baptist, who prepared the way of the Lord

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/29/25

Gospel: Mark 6:17-29
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52min
August 28, 2025Daybreak for August 28, 2025
Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo, 354-430; a Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41; after being immersed in creature comforts, following his conversion, Augustine turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day; he fulfilled the office of prophet; like Jeremiah and other greats, he was hard-pressed but could not keep quiet

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/28/25

Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51
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52min
August 27, 2025Daybreak for August 27, 2025
Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Monica, 330-387; mother of St. Augustine; she ceaselessly prayed for his conversion, and for him to leave his immoral lifestyle; Augustine was baptized by St. Ambrose in 387; after a brief but severe illness, Monica died in 387

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/27/25

Gospel: Matthew 23:27-32
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52min
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

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The podcast currently has 1,862 episodes available.