Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for December 24, 2025
    • Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Adela; Eighth Century disciple of St. Boniface; she was a Frankish princess, the daughter of King Dagobert II and sister of St Irmina; after the death of her husband, she became the foundress of a monastery in France, and died in 735 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/24/25
    • Gospel: Luke 1:67-79
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for December 23, 2025
    • Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
    • Optional Memorial of St. John of Kanty, 1390-1473; he was ordained a priest and became a professor of theology at the University of Krakow, Poland; he was sent to be a parish priest, but later returned to Krakow to teach scripture for the rest of his life; he was a serious, humble man, known to all of the poor of Krakow for his kindness; he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, hoping to be martyred by the Turks; he made four subsequent pilgrimages to Rome, carrying his luggage on his back; when warned to watch over his health, he remarked that, for all of their austerity, the fathers of the desert lived long lives
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/23/25
    • Gospel: Luke 1:57-66
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 22, 2025
    • Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Zeno; martyred soldier at Nicomedia (modern-day Turkey); he was seized and condemned to death for laughing while Emperor Diocletian offered a sacrifice to the Roman god Ceres; Zeno had his jaws shattered and was then beheaded
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/22/25
    • Gospel: Luke 1:46-56
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 20, 2025
    • Saturday of the Third Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Dominic of Silos, 1000-1073; born in Navarre, Spain; when, as Benedictine abbot, he refused to surrender lands to the crown, he was exiled; he went to King Ferdinand I of Castile and Leon, who made him abbot of St. Sebastian Abbey at Silos, now called St. Dominic’s; one of the most beloved saints in Spain, Dominic also rescued Christian slaves from the Moors; the mother of St. Dominic of Guzman--founder of the Order of Preachers--visited Dominic's shrine, begging for a child; he was also noted for miracles of healing
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/20/25
    • Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for December 19, 2025
    • Friday of the Third Week of Advent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Nemesius; martyred in Alexandria under the persecution of Decius; Nemesius was arrested, scourged, and burned alive; like Christ, he was killed between two criminals
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/19/25
    • Gospel: Luke 1:5-25
    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…