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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October 26, 2024Daybreak for October 26, 2024
Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Alfred the Great, 848-899; a great scholar, translating classics for his people, and early on seemed destined for a career in the Church; instead, he became king and was forced to spend most of his reign in conflict with the Danes; his work as a patron of the arts, literature, and especially the Church made him a beloved figure in England

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/26/24

Gospel: Luke 13:1-9
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October 25, 2024Daybreak for October 25, 2024
Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. John Houghton, 1486-1535; a native of Essex, he graduated from Cambridge and became a parish priest; he then joined the Carthusians; he opposed Henry VIII's Acts of Succession and Supremacy, and was arrested, but later released; he was then the first to refuse to sign the Oath of Supremacy; he was dragged through the streets and executed at Tyburn, along with four companions

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/25/24

Gospel: Luke 12:54-59
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52min
October 24, 2024Daybreak for October 24, 2024
Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret, 1807-1870; as a weaver in Barcelona, he learned Latin and printing; ordained at 28, and became a popular preacher; at age 42, he founded a religious institute of missionaries beginning with five young priests, known today as the Claretians; appointed to head the archdiocese of Santiago, Cuba, where he preached and heard confessions ceaselessly; he was recalled to Spain to be the queen's chaplain; in the revolution of 1868, he fled with the queen's party to Paris; died in exile at the age of 63, near the border of Spain

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/24/24

Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
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52min
October 23, 2024Daybreak for October 23, 2024
Wednesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, 1386-1456; became governor of Perugia at age 26; he soon decided to take his life in a different direction--he joined the Franciscan novitiate, and was ordained a priest at age 34; his preaching drew large crowds in an age of religious apathy and confusion; commissioned to preach a crusade for the defense of Europe; died of an infection after the battle

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/23/24

Gospel: Luke 12:39-48
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52min
October 22, 2024Daybreak for October 22, 2024
Tuesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of Pope St. John Paul II, 1920-2005; born in Poland, ordained in 1946, became auxiliary bishop of Krakow in 1958, archbishop of Krakow in 1964, and a cardinal three years later; elected pope in 1978, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years; promoted ecumenical and interfaith relations; encouraged the growth of the Solidarity movement in Poland, and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe; suffered from Parkinson's disease in the last years of his life

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/22/24

Gospel: Luke 12:35-38
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52min
October 21, 2024Daybreak for October 21, 2024
Monday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Hilarion, 291-371; disciple of St. Anthony and companion of St. Hesychius; after spending time with St. Anthony, he became a hermit in 356; he returned to St. Anthony, and found that his fame had spread there; he tried to escape notice, but crowds flocked to see him whenever he was in there area; he performed many miracles; died on Cyprus

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/21/24

Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
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52min
October 20, 2024Daybreak for October 20, 2024
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/20/24

Gospel: Mark 10:35-45
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1h
October 19, 2024Daybreak for October 19, 2024
Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of Saints Isaac Jogues and Jean de Brébeuf and companions, martyrs; Jesuits from France, they came to the New World in the 17th Century to serve the Native Americans; they eventually died martyrs' deaths

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/19/24

Gospel: Luke 12:8-12
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1h
October 18, 2024Daybreak for October 18, 2024
Feast of St. Luke; writer of the Third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles; traditionally held to be a native of Antioch; referred to by Paul as "our beloved physician"; died about 84 A.D.

Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/18/24

Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
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52min
October 17, 2024Daybreak for October 17, 2024
Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch; became bishop of Antioch in 307, when the emperor forced Christians to choose between apostacy and death; Ignatius chose the latter, and was sentenced to death in Rome; he is famous for the seven letters he wrote during the journey from Antioch to Rome; five were to the churches in Asia Minor, whom he urged to remain faithful and obey their superiors; one was to Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, who was later martyred for the faith; and one was to the people of Rome, asking them not to try to prevent his martyrdom; St. Ignatius faced the lions in the Circus Maximus in about 107 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/17/24

Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
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52min

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