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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February 01, 2025Daybreak for February 1, 2025
Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Brigid of Ireland, 451-525; born into slavery to Brocca--a Christian, who was a slave--and Dubthach, a Leinster chieftain; many stories of Brigid's purity followed her childhood; Dubthach took her to the king of Leinster, intending to sell her, but the king convinced him to set Brigid free, saying, "Her merit, before God, is greater than ours"; Brigid founded a monastery in Kildare, and was reputedly a good friend of St. Patrick; she died of natural causes on February 1, 525

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/1/25

Gospel: Mark 4:35-41
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1h
January 31, 2025Daybreak for January 31, 2025
Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. John Bosco, 1815-1888; ordained in 1841, and began serving young people; after serving as chaplain in a hospice for working girls, Don Bosco opened the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales for boys; by 1856, the institution had grown to 150 boys and had added a printing press for publication of religious and catechetical pamphlets; with the encouragement of Pope Pius IX, John gathered 17 men and formed the Salesians

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/31/25

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34
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52min
January 30, 2025Daybreak for January 30, 2025
Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Bathidis, 626-680; born in England, enslaved and taken to Neustria in the Frankish kingdom; she became friends with King Clovis III, married him in 649, and bore him three sons; when Clovis died in 657, Bathildis served as regent for Clotaire III; she had founded a Benedictine convent at Chelles, as well as St. Denis Monastery and Corbie; when Clotaire took the throne, Bathildis retired to Chelles, where she died

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/30/25

Gospel: Mark 4:21-25
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52min
January 29, 2025Daybreak for January 29, 2025
Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Dallan Forgaill; a Sixth Century kinsman of St. Edan of Ferns, born in Connaught and a great scholar who, through his application to study, became blind.he composed a poem in honor of St. Columba, published after Columba's death, upon which Dallan's sight was restored; murdered by pirates in 598

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/29/25

Gospel: Mark 4:1-20
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52min
January 28, 2025Daybreak for January 28, 2025
Tuesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274; joined the Dominicans in 1243; studied under Albert the Great; held two professorships at Paris, lived at the court of Pope Urban IV, and directed the Dominican schools at Rome and Viterbo; his greatest contribution to the Church is his writings; the Summa Theologiae deals with the whole of Catholic theology; left unfinished, he said, "I cannot go on…. All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.”

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/28/25

Gospel: Mark 3:31-35
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52min
January 27, 2025Daybreak for January 27, 2025
Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Angela de Merici, 1474-1540; born in Italy; joined the Third Order of St. Francis and embraced austerity; in a visionary experience, she felt called to found a “company” of women; at age 60, Angela and 12 other women began the Company of St. Ursula, the first model for a "secular institute"--the women lived in the world, wore no special clothing, and took no vows; Angela died in Brescia in 1540; the Company of St. Ursula was eventually re-organized into the Religious Order of St. Ursula, for the purpose of teaching girls

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/27/25

Gospel: Mark 3:22-30
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52min
January 26, 2025Daybreak for January 26, 2025
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/26/25

Gospel: Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21
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1h
January 25, 2025Daybreak for January 25, 2025
Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul

Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/25/25

Gospel: Mark 16:15-18
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1h
January 24, 2025Daybreak for January 24, 2025
Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, 1567-1622; studied law in Padua, and then entered formation for priesthood; after his ordination, he was elected provost of the Diocese of Geneva, then a center for Calvinists; through his preaching and distribution of pamphlets explaining true Catholic doctrine, he was quite successful; at 35, he became bishop of Geneva, continuing to preach, hear confessions, and catechize the children; he collaborated with St. Jane Frances de Chantal, in the work of establishing the Sisters of the Visitation; he is the patron of the Catholic press

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/24/25

Gospel: Mark 3:13-19
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52min
January 23, 2025Daybreak for January 23, 2025
Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Marianne Cope, 1838-1918; born in Germany; her family migrated and settled in Utica, New York, in 1840; she entered the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York, in 1862; in 1883, she and six sisters left for Hawaii; in 1888, Mother Marianne and two sisters went to Molokai to open a home for “unprotected women and girls” there; she took charge of the home that Saint Damien de Veuster had established for men and boys; Mother Marianne changed life on Molokai by introducing cleanliness, pride, and fun to the colony; her sisters still work on Molokai

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/23/25

Gospel: Mark 3:7-12
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52min

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The podcast currently has 1,864 episodes available.