Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for September 8, 2026
    • Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    • Tuesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/8/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 7, 2026
    • Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Cloud, 524-560; a grandson of King Clovis of the Franks and the youngest son of King Clodomir of Orleans; two of his brothers were slain at the ages of ten and nine by their uncle Clotaire, king of the Franks; Cloud survived by being sent to Provence, France; there he became a hermit and a disciple of St. Severinus; he remained at near Paris,
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/7/26
    • Gospel: Luke 6:6-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 5, 2026
    • Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997; founder of the Missionaries of Charity, which grew worldwide, with thousands of nuns and branches caring for the sick, dying, orphaned, and abandoned; she became a global symbol of compassion, receiving honors such as the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979; she died in Calcutta in 1997, was given a state funeral in India, and soon recognized as a saintly figure
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/5/26
    • Gospel: Luke 6:1-5
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for September 4, 2026
    • Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Rosalia, 1130-1170; a descendant of Charlemagne; born in Palermo, Sicily; she left her home and took up her abode in a cave; she remained there entirely hidden from the world; she practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God; afterward she transferred her abode to Mount Pellegrino; she died alone, and her body was discovered several centuries later, in 1625
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/4/26
    • Gospel: Luke 5:33-39
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 3, 2026
    • Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Pope St. Gregory the Great, 540-604; his education was steeped in law, religion, grammar, rhetoric, and affairs of the republic; after the death of Pope Pelagius II, St. Gregory was elected his successor; he leveraged his papal authority, forming relations with the churches in Spain, Gaul, Africa, Britain, as well as the Eastern Churches; he developed a code of life for bishops and began a rigorous preaching routine; his homilies drew massive crowds as they used rich anecdotes and practical metaphors; he wrote extensively on spiritual works, penning thousands of letters, sermons, and commentaries
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/3/26
    • Gospel: Luke 5:1-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 2, 2026
    • Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Ingrid of Sweden; born in Sweden in the 13th Century; she was the first Dominican nun in Sweden and in 1281 she founded the first Dominican cloister there, called St. Martin's in Skänninge; she died in 1282 surrounded by an aura of sanctity.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/2/26
    • Gospel: Luke 4:38-44
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 1, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Simeon the Stylite, 290-459; at thirteen, he heard a Gospel reading of the Beatitudes that greatly affected him; he entered a nearly monastery, and learned all the Psalms by heart; he became a hermit, and in 423, began living atop a pillar only a few feet in diameter and about ten feet high; later a much taller pillar over sixty-five feet high was built for him; the local bishops and abbots tested his virtue by commanding him to come down from the pillar, a command they immediately rescinded after the hermit demonstrated his humble willingness to obey them; he gave exhortations twice daily to those who gathered around the pillar
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/1/26
    • Gospel: Luke 4:31-37
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 31, 2026
    • Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne; born in Ireland, went to Lindisfarne as bishop, and became known for his knowledge of the Bible, his learning, his eloquent preaching, his holiness, his distaste for pomp, his kindness to the poor, and the miracles attributed to him; he founded a monastery at Lindisfarne that became known as the English Iona and was a center of learning and missionary activity for all of northern England; he died in 651 at the royal castle at Bamburgh
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/31/26
    • Gospel: Luke 4:16-30
    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…