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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for September 27, 2025
    • Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, 1580-1660; Vincent became the leader of what is now known as the Congregation of the Mission, or the Vincentians; these priests, with vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and stability, were to devote themselves entirely to the people in smaller towns and villages; he also founded several hospitals, collected relief funds for the victims of war, and ransomed over 1,200 galley slaves from North Africa; he was zealous in conducting retreats for clergy; known as an irascible person, even to his friends, Vincent became a tender and affectionate man, very sensitive to the needs of others
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/27/25
    • Gospel: Luke 9:43b-45
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for September 26, 2025
    • Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Saints Cosmas and Damian, brothers born in Arabia, who were proficient in the science of medicine; as Christians, they refused payment for their treatment; when the persecution of Diocletian broke out, they became marked objects of persecution; they were apprehended and underwent various torments in about the year 283; they are the patrons of pharmacists
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/26/25
    • Gospel: Luke 9:18-22
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 25, 2025
    • Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Cleophas; he was one of the two disciples who met Christ on the road to Emmaus; he was also identified as the father of Mary, one of whom stood with the Mother of God at the foot of the Cross; he has been identified as the father of St. James the Less and as brother of St. Joseph; he died in the First Century
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/25/25
    • Gospel: Luke 9:7-9
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 24, 2025
    • Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Rupert of Salzberg; he was bishop of Worms in the Seventh Century when he was called to evangelize Bavaria; Duke Theodo II gave him land, on which he established the Abbey of St. Peter and the Nonnburg Convent; he converted pagan temples into Christian churches, and established the salt-mining industry, from which the city of Salzberg gets its name; when Rupert died in about 710, he was buried in St. Peter's Abbey, but his relics were later translated to the Cathedral at Salzberg
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/24/25
    • Gospel: Luke 9:1-6
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 23, 2025
    • Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, 1887-1968; grew up in a farming family in southern Italy; joined the Capuchins at the age of 15; on September 20, 1918, he had a vision of Jesus, and at the end of the vision, he had the stigmata in his hands, feet, and side; busloads of people came to see him, and in time his confessional ministry lasted ten hours per day
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/23/25
    • Gospel: Luke 8:19-21
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 22, 2025
    • Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Phocas the Gardener; in the third century, he cultivated a garden near the city gate of Sinope, now in Turkey; he shared with the poor what he earned from his gardening, and opened his home to travelers lacking a place to stay; the the pagan Romans became aware of him, and sent soldiers to find and arrest him; soldiers stopped at Phocas’ door and received lodging from him, unaware that their host was the man they were charged to capture; the next morning, he revealed to them his identity; at first, the soldiers were reluctant to carry out their orders against their kind host, but in the end they beheaded him; Phocas is venerated as a patron saint of both gardeners and mariners
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/22/25
    • Gospel: Luke 8:16-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 20, 2025
    • Saturday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasan, and companions, the Korean martyrs; Christianity came to Korea during the Japanese invasion in 1592 when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers; yhe first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of Christian converts; following his baptism at the age of 15, Andrew traveled 1,300 miles to the seminary in Macao, China, and was ordained a priest in Shanghai; Paul Chong Hasang, a lay apostle and married man, died in 1839 at age 45; besides Andrew and Paul, Pope John Paul II canonized 98 Koreans and three French missionaries who had been martyred between 1839 and 1867
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/20/25
    • Gospel: Luke 9:18-22
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for September 19, 2025
    • Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Januarius; in Diocletian's persecution of 305, Januarius and his companions were thrown to the bears in the amphitheatre, but the animals failed to attack, so they were beheaded; Januarius' blood was eventually brought to Naples, where it liquifies 18 times per year; the phenomenon eludes natural explanation
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/19/25
    • Gospel: Luke 8:1-3
    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…