Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for July 19, 2025
    • Saturday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Symmachus; pope from 498 to his death in 514; he had to deal with a schism for the first few years of his pontificate, caused by some Roman clergy who elected an antipope; Symmachus sent aid to the North African bishops who were in exile on Sardinia, exiled by heretical King Thrasimund; he ransomed captives, founded three hospices for the needy, and relieved victims of Barbarian raids in northern Italy; he is responsible for placing the "Gloria" into regular use at mass
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/19/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:14-21
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 18, 2025
    • Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Camillus de Lellis, 1550-1614; at 17, he was afflicted with a disease of his leg, which stayed with him for life; he had an addiction to gambling, and at 24, gambled everything away; he accepted work at the Capuchin friary of Manfredonia, and sought entrance to the novitiate twice, but was rejected because of the disease of his leg; he went to San Giacomo hospital and became the superintendent, and devoted the rest of his life to the care of the sick; he was ordained a priest at the age of 34, and founded his own congregation; as superior, he devoted much of his time to the care of the sick
    • Office of readings and Morning Prayer for 7/18/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:1-8
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 17, 2025
    • Thursday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saints of the Day: Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne; during the French Revolution, 16 Carmelite nuns were arrested, and sentenced to death; they went to the guillotine in 1794, singing the "Salve Regina"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/17/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 16, 2025
    • Wednesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel; hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel in the 12th century; by the 13th century they became known as “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel”; in 1726 Our Lady of Mount Carmel became a celebration of the universal Church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/16/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:25-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 15, 2025
    • Tuesday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Bonaventure, 1221-1274; St. Francis is credited with healing him when he was a child; Bonaventure became a Franciscan at the age of 22; he was ultimately elected to serve as General Minister of the order, and his 17 years of service were not easy, since the friars were arguing the definition of "poverty"; Bonaventure structured the order through effective legislation, and offered an organized spirituality based on the vision and insights of St. Francis; shortly before the end of his service as General Minister, Pope Gregory X created him a cardinal and appointed him bishop of Albano; but Bonaventure died suddenly just over a year later
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/15/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 14, 2025
    • Monday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, 1656-1680; born in Auriesville, New York; she lost her family in a smallpox epidemic that left her disfigured and half-blind; moved by the words of three Blackrobes--Jesuit missionaries--who lodged with her uncle, she developed the courage to convert at the age of 19; she was baptized on Easter Sunday; but her conversion and holy life created great opposition; one night, Kateri stole away and began a 200-mile walking journey to a Christian Indian village near Montreal; she took a vow of virginity at age 23; she practiced severe fasting for the conversion of her nation; Kateri died the afternoon before Holy Thursday in 1680
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/14/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:34-11:1
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 12, 2025
    • Saturday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Veronica; she is credited with giving a cloth to Jesus so that he could wipe his face on his way to his crucifixion; she is not mentioned in the Bible, but is known to us by Catholic tradition, and by the Sixth Station of the Cross, "Veronica wipes the face of Jesus"; the image of Jesus' face was subsequently imprinted on the cloth
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/12/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:24-33
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 11, 2025
    • Friday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Benedict, 480-547; born to a prosperous family in central Italy; studied at Rome, and was drawn to monastic life; became a hermit, but eventually built what was to become one of the most famous monasteries in the world, Monte Cassino; his rule prescribed a life of liturgical prayer, study, manual labor, and living together in community under a common abbot
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/11/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 10, 2025
    • Thursday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Anthony Perchesky, 983-1073; born in Ukraine, and went to Mount Athos in Greece to become a hermit; returned to Ukraine and founded a monastery in Kiev, which became the "Caves of Kiev," the first Ukrainian monastery founded by Ukrainians; he founded another monastery, but died in the Caves of Kiev; he is regarded as the father of Ukrainian monasticism
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/10/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 10:7-15
    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…