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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July 24, 2025Daybreak for July 24, 2025
Thursday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel Makhlouf, 1828-1898; at age 23, he joined the Monastery of St. Maron at Annaya, Lebanon; he professed final vows in 1853, and was ordained six years later; he lived as a hermit from 1875 until his death; he followed a strict fast and was very devoted to the Blessed Sacrament; when his superiors occasionally asked him to administer the sacraments to nearby villages, Sharbel did so gladly; Sharbel died in the late afternoon of Christmas eve, 1898

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/24/25

Gospel: Matthew 13:10-17
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52min
July 23, 2025Daybreak for July 23, 2025
Wednesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Bridget of Sweden, 1303-1373; she had visions of Christ crucified from the age of 7; she lived her married life in the court of Swedish King Magnus II, and bore him eight children; after her husband's death, she lived the life of a strict penitent; in 1350, she made a pilgrimage to Rome, during which she was hounded by debts and opposition to her work to correct church abuses; a final pilgrimage to the Holy Land was marred by a shipwreck and the death of her son Charles, eventually leading to her death

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/23/25

Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9
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52min
July 22, 2025Daybreak for July 22, 2025
Feast of St. Mary Magdalene; one of the many who assisted Jesus and the Twelve out of their means; she was one of those who stood by the cross with Jesus' mother; and she was the first to see the Risen Christ; died about 63 A.D.

Tuesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/22/25

Gospel: John 20:1-2, 11-18
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52min
July 21, 2025Daybreak for July 21, 2025
Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, 1559-1619; entered the Capuchins at Venice at age 16; with his facility for languages, he was able to study the Bible in original texts; elected major superior of the Capuchin province in Tuscany at age 31; elected minister general of the Capuchins in 1602; as a papal emissary, he went to Lisbon to visit the king of Spain; there, serious illness took Lawrence's life

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/21/25

Gospel: Matthew 12:38-42
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52min
July 20, 2025Daybreak for July 20, 2025
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/20/25

Gospel: Luke 10:38-42
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1h
July 19, 2025Daybreak for July 19, 2025
Saturday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Symmachus; pope from 498 to his death in 514; he had to deal with a schism for the first few years of his pontificate, caused by some Roman clergy who elected an antipope; Symmachus sent aid to the North African bishops who were in exile on Sardinia, exiled by heretical King Thrasimund; he ransomed captives, founded three hospices for the needy, and relieved victims of Barbarian raids in northern Italy; he is responsible for placing the "Gloria" into regular use at mass

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/19/25

Gospel: Matthew 12:14-21
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1h
July 18, 2025Daybreak for July 18, 2025
Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis, 1550-1614; at 17, he was afflicted with a disease of his leg, which stayed with him for life; he had an addiction to gambling, and at 24, gambled everything away; he accepted work at the Capuchin friary of Manfredonia, and sought entrance to the novitiate twice, but was rejected because of the disease of his leg; he went to San Giacomo hospital and became the superintendent, and devoted the rest of his life to the care of the sick; he was ordained a priest at the age of 34, and founded his own congregation; as superior, he devoted much of his time to the care of the sick

Office of readings and Morning Prayer for 7/18/25

Gospel: Matthew 12:1-8
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52min
July 17, 2025Daybreak for July 17, 2025
Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time

Saints of the Day: Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne; during the French Revolution, 16 Carmelite nuns were arrested, and sentenced to death; they went to the guillotine in 1794, singing the "Salve Regina"

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/17/25

Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
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52min
July 16, 2025Daybreak for July 16, 2025
Wednesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel; hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel in the 12th century; by the 13th century they became known as “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel”; in 1726 Our Lady of Mount Carmel became a celebration of the universal Church

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/16/25

Gospel: Matthew 11:25-27
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52min
July 15, 2025Daybreak for July 15, 2025
Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Bonaventure, 1221-1274; St. Francis is credited with healing him when he was a child; Bonaventure became a Franciscan at the age of 22; he was ultimately elected to serve as General Minister of the order, and his 17 years of service were not easy, since the friars were arguing the definition of "poverty"; Bonaventure structured the order through effective legislation, and offered an organized spirituality based on the vision and insights of St. Francis; shortly before the end of his service as General Minister, Pope Gregory X created him a cardinal and appointed him bishop of Albano; but Bonaventure died suddenly just over a year later

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/15/25

Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24
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52min

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