Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for October 18, 2025
    • Feast of St. Luke; he wrote a major portion of the New Testament, a two-volume work comprising the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles; tradition holds him to be a native of Antioch; he became a companion to St. Paul; he died about 84 A.D.
    • Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/18/25
    • Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for October 17, 2025
    • Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch; born in Syria, converted to Christianity, and became bishop of Antioch; in 107 A.D., the Emperor forced the Christians to choose between apostasy and death; Ignatius was condemned to be put to death in Rome; he is known for the seven letters that he sent during the long journey from Antioch to Rome--five to the churches in Asia Minor, one to Polycarp, and one to the Christians of Rome asking them not to try to prevent his martyrdom; Ignatius bravely met the lions in the Circus Maximus in about 107 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/17/25
    • Gospel: Luke 12:1-7
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 16, 2025
    • Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 1647-1690; became a Visitation Nun at age 24; in 1674, she received the first of her revelations; she felt "invested" with the presence of God; during the next 13 months, Christ appeared to her at intervals, and told her that his human heart was to be the symbol of his divine-human love; some of Margaret Mary's own sisters were hostile, but Jesuit Claude de la Colombière recognized her genuineness and supported her; Christ called her to be a sacrificial victim for the shortcomings of her own sisters; she served as novice mistress and assistant superior, and died at the age of 43
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/16/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 15, 2025
    • Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, 1515-1582; she was a woman of prayer, discipline, and compassion; her ongoing conversion was an arduous lifelong struggle, involving ongoing purification and suffering; she spent much of her time and energy seeking to reform herself and the Carmelites, to lead them back to the full observance of the primitive Rule; she founded over a half-dozen new monasteries; her writings, especially the Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle, have helped generations of believers
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/15/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:42-46
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 14, 2025
    • Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Callistus I; lived in the first part of the Third Century; he was a slave, with money entrusted to him; he lost the money, and fled Rome; his master caught him as he was about to jump into the sea, and released him under the assumption that he could recover some of the money; later, he was arrested for fighting in a synagogue, for which he was arrested, denounced as a Christian, and forced to work in the mines of Sardinia; he was rescued by Pope Victor, who sent him to Antrium; Pope Zephyrinus put Callistus in charge of the burial chambers along the Appian Way, still known as the Catacombs of San Callisto; he was pope from 217 to 222
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/14/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:37-41
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 13, 2025
    • Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Theophilus of Antioch; bishop of Antioch, and an early Christian apologist; a philosopher in the eastern Roman Empire, he began to study the Scriptures with the intention of attacking the Christian faith but was soon converted; he wrote an apology in three books addressed to Autolycus which demonstrated the superiority of Christianity over the immoral myths of pagan religion; it also developed the doctrine of the Logos (Word), and used the word "Triad" for the relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; died in 181 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/13/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 11, 2025
    • Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. John XXIII, 1881-1963; in 1958, he was elected pope, and took the name John XXIII; it was originally expected that Pope John XXIII would only serve a short time before passing away and that he would make no significant changes to Church practice; but his most influential decision was the call for an ecumenical council which would be known as Vatican II; Pope John XXIII generally maintained a good reputation among those who remembered him and he was often titled "the Good"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/11/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for October 10, 2025
    • Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia, 1510-1572; a member of the Spanish nobility, but when his wife died, he became a Jesuit priest; he had to help the cook, gathering wood for the fire and sweeping the floor, but never complained; the only time he became angry was when anyone treated him with respect as if he was still a Duke; he preached everywhere, and spread the Society of Jesus all over Spain and Portugal; under his guidance, the Jesuits grew to be a very great help to the Church in many lands
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/10/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:15-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 9, 2025
    • Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorials of St. Denis and Companions, first bishop of Paris, died about 258 A.D.; and St. John Henry Newman, 1801-1890, Anglican converted to Catholicism, canonized 2019
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/9/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:5-13
    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…