Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for August 29, 2025
    • Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist; the drunken oath of a king with a shallow sense of honor, a seductive dance and the hateful heart of a queen combined to bring about the martyrdom of John the Baptist, who prepared the way of the Lord
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/29/25
    • Gospel: Mark 6:17-29
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 28, 2025
    • Thursday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Augustine of Hippo, 354-430; a Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41; after being immersed in creature comforts, following his conversion, Augustine turned, with a holy fierceness, against the many demon-thrusts rampant in his day; he fulfilled the office of prophet; like Jeremiah and other greats, he was hard-pressed but could not keep quiet
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/28/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 27, 2025
    • Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Monica, 330-387; mother of St. Augustine; she ceaselessly prayed for his conversion, and for him to leave his immoral lifestyle; Augustine was baptized by St. Ambrose in 387; after a brief but severe illness, Monica died in 387
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/27/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 23:27-32
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 26, 2025
    • Tuesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Zephyrinus; pope from 199 to 217; Roman by birth, succeeded Victor I; his papacy was dominated by the troubles caused by several heretical groups and the severe persecution of the Church; the antipope Hippolytus criticized his vacillation in dealing with the Monarchian heretics; according to tradition, Zephyrinus was martyred in 202
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/26/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 23:23-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 25, 2025
    • Monday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Louis of France, 1214-1270; interpreted his kngly duties in the light of faith; respectful of the papacy, but defended royal interests against the popes; he was devoted to his people, founding hospitals, visiting the sick, and like his patron Saint Francis, caring even for people with leprosy; every day, Louis had 13 special guests from among the poor to eat with him; Louis led a crusade to North Africa in 1270; within a month of their landing at Carthage, the army camp was decimated by disease; Louis himself died there at the age of 56
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/25/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 23:13-22
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 22, 2025
    • Friday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of the Queenship of Mary; the feast was established by Pope Pius XII in 1954; Mary's queenship is a share in Jesus' kingship; this observance is a logical followup to the Assumption, celebrated just one week later
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/22/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 21, 2025
    • Thursday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Pius X, 1835-1914; he encouraged Italian Catholics to become more politically involved; one of his first papal acts was to end the supposed right of governments to interfere by veto in papal elections; he denounced the ill treatment of indigenous peoples on the plantations of Peru, sent a relief commission to Messina after an earthquake, and sheltered refugees at his own expense; Pius X foresaw World War I, but it killed him; he said, "This is the last affliction the Lord will visit on me. I would gladly give my life to save my poor children from this ghastly scourge”; he died a few weeks after the beginning of the war, in 1914
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/21/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 20, 2025
    • Wednesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090-1153; joined the monastic community of Citeaux at age 20; within four years, they established a new house in the nearby valley of Wormwoods, with Bernard as abbot; he became known as an arbitrator and counselor; he intervened in a full-blown schism and settled it in favor of the Roman pontiff against the antipope; he was called upon to preach the Second Crusade across Europe; but the military had different ideals from those of Abbot Bernard, and the project ended as a complete military and moral disaster; this burden likely hastened Bernard's death, which came in 1153
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/20/2025
    • Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 19, 2025
    • Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. John Eudes, 1601-1680; founded the Eudists--the Congregation of Jesus and Mary--devoted to the formation of the clergy by conducting diocesan seminaries; in his parish mission work, John was disturbed by the condition of prostitutes seeking to get out of that life; shelters were found, but it was insufficient; thus the birth of another religious community, the Sisters of Charity of the Refuge; John Eudes is probably best known for the central theme of his writings--Jesus as the source of holiness; Mary as the model of the Christian life
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/19/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 19:23-30
    1 hr

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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…