Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for October 8, 2026
    • Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Keyne; daughter of King Brychan of Brecknock, Wales; she refused several suitors' offers of marriage and became a hermitess on the banks of the Severn River in Somersetshire, England; after living there for several years, during which she traveled widely, she was persuaded by her nephew to return to Wales, though exactly where she spent her last days is not known; during her travels, she founded numerous churches in South Wales, Cornwall, and perhaps Somerset
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/8/26
    • Gospel: Luke 11:5-13
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 7, 2026
    • Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, commemorating victory in the Battle of Lepanto, 1571, accredited to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/26
    • Gospel: Luke 11:1-4
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 6, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, 1811-1849; born in Quebec; as a housekeeper at a local rectory, she saw the need for greater instruction of the youth, especially young girls; she and her companions formed the Sisters of the Most Holy Names of Jesus and Mary; they provided Catholic education in Canada and on the west coast of the United States
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/6/26
    • Gospel: Luke 10:38-42
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 5, 2026
    • Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, 1819-1867; born in Germany, but decided to go to North America; in 1847, he arrived in the United States, entered the Redemptorist novitiate, and completed his studies, being ordained in 1844; he began his pastoral ministry in Pittsburgh, working closely with St. John Neumann; he became a full-time itinerant missionary preacher; he preached in English and German in the states of Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan,  Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin; he was named pastor of the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he died of the yellow fever, caring for the sick and the poor of New Orleans at the age of 48
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/5/26
    • Gospel: Luke 10:25-37
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 3, 2026
    • Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Gerard of Brogne, 895-959; born in Belgium and trained at the French court, Gerard joined the Benedictines at Saint-Denis, France; ordained, Gerard founded a monastery on his own estate in Brogne, Belgium; he reformed monasteries in Lorraine and Champagne, France, and Flanders, Belgium, and died in Brogne
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/3/26
    • Gospel: Luke 10:17-24
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for October 2, 2026
    • Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels; The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life”
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/2/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10
    51 min
  • Daybreak for October 1, 2026
    • Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, aka Therese of Lisieux, 1873-1897; born in France, and at age 15, chose a contemplative life, and entered the Carmel of Lisieux; St. Therese was a writer; she penned an autobiography, poetry, letters, and prayers; her poems give praise to God for His unfailing love and speak to her desire to model her life after Christ; she died at the young age of 24
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for October 1, 2026
    • Gospel: Luke 10:1-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 30, 2026
    • Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Jerome; biblical scholar of the Fourth Century; his greatest scholarly achievements are his translations of most of the Bible into Latin, a bibliography of the ecclesiastical writers, and translations of the works of Eusebius, Origen, and Didymus; also, he wrote many Biblical commentaries; he died in 420; St. Jerome is one of the four original doctors of the Western Church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/30/26
    • Gospel: Luke 9:57-62
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 29, 2026
    • Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels; mentioned by name in Sacred Scripture in the books of Tobit, Daniel, Luke, 1 Thessalonians, Jude, and Revelation
    • Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/29/26
    • Gospel: John 1:47-61
    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…