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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 Father’... more
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,867 episodes available.
October 06, 2024Daybreak for October 6, 2024 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/6/24 Gospel: Mark 10:2-16 ...more1hPlay
October 05, 2024Daybreak for October 5, 2024 Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, 1819-1867; born in southern Bavaria; came to the United States in 1843 to serve German-speaking Catholics; during the Civil War, he appealed to President Lincoln not to draft his Redemptorist students; died of yellow fever, contracted while visiting the sick Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/5/24 Gospel: Luke 10:17-24 ...more1hPlay
October 04, 2024Daybreak for October 4, 2024 Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, 1181-1226; a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit, and without a sense of self-importance; he had no intention of founding an order, but once it began he protected it and accepted all the legal structures needed to support it; his devotion and loyalty to the Church were absolute; two years before his death he received the stigmata, the real and painful wounds of Christ in his hands, feet and side Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/4/24 Gospel: Luke 10:13-16 ...more52minPlay
October 03, 2024Daybreak for October 3, 2024 Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Theodora Guérin, 1798-1856; born in France; joined the Sisters of Providence in 1823; at the invitation of the bishop of Vincennes, Indiana, Sister Theodora and five sisters were sent to St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, in 1840, to teach and care for the sick poor; they persevered despite fires, crop failures, prejudice against Catholic women religious, misunderstandings, and separation from their original religious congregation; she once told her sisters, "With Jesus, what shall we have to fear?” Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/3/24 Gospel: Luke 10:1-12 ...more52minPlay
October 02, 2024Daybreak for October 2, 2024 Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Guardian Angels Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/2/24 Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10 ...more52minPlay
October 01, 2024Daybreak for October 1, 2024 Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, 1873-1897; lived a cloistered life of obscurity in the convent of Lisieux, France, and her preference for hidden sacrifice converted souls; in her own words, she came to the Carmel convent “to save souls and pray for priests”; shortly before her death of tuberculosis, she wrote, “I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth” Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/1/24 Gospel: Luke 9:51-56 ...more52minPlay
September 30, 2024Daybreak for September 30, 2024 Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Jerome, 345-420; scripture scholar; translated most of the Old Testament from the Hebrew, and made a translation of the Bible which came to be called the Vulgate; traveled extensively in Palestine, and settled in Bethlehem, living in a cave believed to have been Christ's birthplace Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/30/24 Gospel: Luke 9:46-50 ...more52minPlay
September 29, 2024Daybreak for September 29, 2024 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/29/24 Gospel: Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 ...more1hPlay
September 28, 2024Daybreak for September 28, 2024 Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, 907-929; son of the duke of Bohemia, and raised by his grandmother, Ludmilla, who was murdered; Wenceslaus assumed leadership of the government, and worked toward unification within Bohemia, support of the Church, and peace-making negotiations with Germany; he was assassinated by his brother Boleslav and companions Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/28/24 Gospel: Luke 9:43-45 ...more1hPlay
September 27, 2024Daybreak for September 27, 2024 Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, 1580-1660; born in Gascony, France, and came to lead what became known as the Congregation of the Mission, or the Vincentians; he later established confraternities of charity for the spiritual and physical relief of the poor and sick of each parish; with the help of Saint Louise de Marillac, he founded the Daughters of Charity; he was a pioneer in clerical training and was instrumental in establishing seminaries; patron of all charitable societies Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/27/24 Gospel: Luke 9:18-22 ...more52minPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,867 episodes available.