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 14, 2026Daybreak for July 14, 2026
Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, 1656-1680; Indian virgin of the Mohawk tribe; orphaned, due to smallpox, and raised by her village; when Jesuit missionaries arrived, she asked to be baptized; many in her clan could not accept this, so she was forced to retreat to a town north on the St. Lawrence River; when she died, it is said that the smallpox scars on her face disappeared; she is the first Native American to be canonized a saint

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/14/26

Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24
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52min
July 13, 2026Daybreak for July 13, 2026
Monday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Henry, 972-1024; King of Germany and Italy and crowned Holy Roman Emperor, the last in the Ottonian (Saxon) dynasty; Henry and his wife were very generous to the poor and to monasteries; he founded a cathedral and monastery in Bamberg he is the only German king to be elevated to sainthood

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/13/26

Gospel: Matthew 10:34-11:1
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52min
July 12, 2026Daybreak for July 12, 2026
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/12/26

Gospel: Matthew 13:1-23
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1h
July 11, 2026Daybreak for July 11, 2026
Saturday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Benedict, 480-547; born in Italy, educated in Rome, but he was disillusioned by the behavior of other students; so, he retreated to a cave deep in the mountains for spiritual seclusion; he relocated to Monte Cassino, and wrote a rule for his monks which became so popular that it helped shape the civilization and culture of Europe; Benedict is the patron saint of Europe

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/11/26

Gospel: Matthew 10:24-33
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1h
July 10, 2026Daybreak for July 10, 2026
Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Anthony Pechersky, 983-1073; born in Ukraine, and went to Mount Athos in Greece to become a hermit; after several years, he returned to Ukraine and built a hermitage in Kiev, which was to become known as the "Caves of Kiev," the first Ukrainian monastery founded by Ukrainians; Anthony founded another monastery, but died in the Caves of Kiev

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/10/26

Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23
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52min
July 09, 2026Daybreak for July 9, 2026
Thursday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong and 119 companions, the martyrs of China; they were holy men and women who gave their lives for Christ between 1648 and 1930; they included 87 native Chinese and 33 foreign missionaries; Augustine Zhao Rong, the first martyred Chinese priest, had earlier witnessed the persecution of Monsignor Dufresse and became ordained because of it

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/9/26

Gospel: Matthew 10:7-15
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52min
July 08, 2026Daybreak for July 8, 2026
Wednesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Jeanne-Marie Kerguin, 1864-1900; born in France to a peasant family; joined the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in 1887; she was assigned first to Paris, then to Carthage in Northern Africa; she encountered health problems and was sent to Rome to recover; there she answered the call of her Order to work as a missionary; she arrived in China in 1899, and was hospitalized with typhus; she was arrested during the Boxer Rebellion, and was beheaded in China

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/8/26

Gospel: Matthew 10:1-7
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52min
July 07, 2026Daybreak for July 7, 2026
Tuesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Palladius; early Fifth Century Irish missionary, the first bishop of Ireland, and the immediate predecessor to St. Patrick; in about 430, Pope Celestine I sent Palladius to preach among the Irish; his mission apparently made little impact upon the native population; Palladius departed Ireland and sailed for Scotland, where he preached among the Picts; he died at Fordun, near Aberdeen

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/7/26

Gospel: Matthew 9:32-38
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52min
July 06, 2026Daybreak for July 6, 2026
Monday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti, 1890-1902; after her father’s passing, Saint Maria’s mother had to return to work while Maria looked after her five brothers and sisters; sadly, a malicious neighbor took advantage of the situation and little Maria was killed in 1902; Saint Maria, at age 11, declared she’d rather die than be abused; she was canonized in 1950 by Pope Pius XII and is one of the Church’s youngest saints

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/6/26

Gospel: Matthew 9:18-26
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47min
July 05, 2026Daybreak for July 5, 2026
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/5/26

Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30
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1h

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The podcast currently has 2,004 episodes available.