Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for October 28, 2025
    • Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, two of the Twelve Apostles
    • Tuesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/28/25
    • Gospel: Luke 6:12-16
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 27, 2025
    • Monday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Abraham the Poor; sometimes referred to as "the Child," alluding to his purity and simplicity; born in Egypt, he became a disciple of St. Pachomius, the founder of cenobitic monasticism; he spent almost two decades in a cave near Pachomius' foundations; he died in 372 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/27/25
    • Gospel: Luke 13:10-17
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 25, 2025
    • Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. John Houghton, 1486-1535;  protomartyr of the English Reformation; a Carthusian, and an opponent of King Henry VIII’s Acts of Succession and Supremacy; he was arrested with other Carthusians, but released temporarily; he refused to swear to the Oath of Supremacy, the first man to make this refusal; he was executed at Tyburn with four companions
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/25/25
    • Gospel: Luke 13:1-9
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for October 24, 2025
    • Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret, 1807-1870; missionary, religious founder, social reformer, queen’s chaplain, writer and publisher, archbishop, and refugee; he was a Spaniard whose work took him to the Canary Islands, Cuba, Madrid, Paris, and to the First Vatican Council; at age 42, he founded the Claretians; he was appointed to the archdiocese of Santiago, Cuba; he was later recalled to Spain as the queen's chaplain; in the revolution of 1868, he fled to Paris with the queen’s party, where he preached to the Spanish colony; at the age of 63, he died in exile near the Spanish border
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/24/25
    • Gospel: Luke 12:54-59
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 23, 2025
    • Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, 1386-1456; entered the Franciscan novitiate at the age of 30, and was ordained a priest four years later; his preaching attracted great throngs at a time of religious apathy and confusion; he helped bring about a brief reunion with the Greek and Armenian Churches; John preached a crusade against the Turks, for the protection of Europe; he led the army to Belgrade, where they gained an overwhelming victory; worn out by his efforts after the battle, he was an easy prey for infection, and died in 1456
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/23/25
    • Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 22, 2025
    • Wednesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II, 1920-2005; born in Wadowice, Poland; he was elected pope in 1978, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years; in his 27 years of papal ministry, John Paul II wrote 14 encyclicals and five books, canonized 482 saints and beatified 1,338 people
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/22/25
    • Gospel: Luke 12:39-48
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 21, 2025
    • Tuesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Hilarion, 291-371; abbot and disciple of St. Anthony the Great; born in Tabatha, Palestine, and educated in Alexandria, Egypt; stayed with St. Anthony in the desert before becoming a hermit at Majuma, near Gaza, Israel; in 356, Hilarion returned to the desert, but found that his fame had spread there; he fled to Sicily to escape notice, but Hesychius traced him there; the two went to Dalmatia, Croatia, and then to Cyprus; Hilarion performed so many miracles that crowds flocked to him when it was discovered he was in any region; he died on Cyprus
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/21/25
    • Gospel: Luke 12:35-38
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 20, 2025
    • Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross, 1694-1775; born in northern Italy; he developed a devotion to Christ's passion; he was known as one of the most popular preachers of his day; in 1720, he founded the Congregation of the Passion--the Passionists--whose members combined devotion to Christ’s passion with preaching to the poor, and rigorous penances; Paul was elected superior general of the congregation in 1747, and spent the remainder of his life in Rom
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/20/25
    • Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
    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…