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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for January 27, 2025
    • Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Angela de Merici, 1474-1540; born in Italy; joined the Third Order of St. Francis and embraced austerity; in a visionary experience, she felt called to found a “company” of women; at age 60, Angela and 12 other women began the Company of St. Ursula, the first model for a "secular institute"--the women lived in the world, wore no special clothing, and took no vows; Angela died in Brescia in 1540; the Company of St. Ursula was eventually re-organized into the Religious Order of St. Ursula, for the purpose of teaching girls
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/27/25
    • Gospel: Mark 3:22-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 24, 2025
    • Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, 1567-1622; studied law in Padua, and then entered formation for priesthood; after his ordination, he was elected provost of the Diocese of Geneva, then a center for Calvinists; through his preaching and distribution of pamphlets explaining true Catholic doctrine, he was quite successful; at 35, he became bishop of Geneva, continuing to preach, hear confessions, and catechize the children; he collaborated with St. Jane Frances de Chantal, in the work of establishing the Sisters of the Visitation; he is the patron of the Catholic press
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/24/25
    • Gospel: Mark 3:13-19
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 23, 2025
    • Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Marianne Cope, 1838-1918; born in Germany; her family migrated and settled in Utica, New York, in 1840; she entered the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Syracuse, New York, in 1862; in 1883, she and six sisters left for Hawaii; in 1888, Mother Marianne and two sisters went to Molokai to open a home for “unprotected women and girls” there; she took charge of the home that Saint Damien de Veuster had established for men and boys; Mother Marianne changed life on Molokai by introducing cleanliness, pride, and fun to the colony; her sisters still work on Molokai
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/23/25
    • Gospel: Mark 3:7-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 22, 2025
    • Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Vincent the Deacon; born at Huesca, Spain, he became a deacon and served St, Valerius at Saragossa until their martyrdom; St. Valerius was exiled, but Vincent was tortured because he would not surrender the holy books. he converted the warden of the prison and then died, in 304.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/22/25
    • Gospel: Mark 3:1-6
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 21, 2025
    • Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr; reputed to be a beautiful girl, desired by many men for marriage; one whom she refused reported her to authorities as a Christian, and she was arrested, and confined to a house of prostitution; according to legend, a man who looked at her lustfully lost his sight, but it was restored through Agnes' prayers; she was condemned, executed, and buried in about 258 in a catacomb near Rome which was eventually named after her; the daughter of Constantine built a basilica in her honor
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/21/25
    • Gospel: Mark 2:23-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 20, 2025
    • Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Fabian, 200-250; a Roman layman who came to the city as preparations were being made for the election of a new pope; a dove settled on Fabian's head, that was taken as a sign, and he was elected unanimously; he led the church for 14 years, and died in the persecution of Decius in 250; St. Cyprian wrote that Fabian was an "incomparable" man whose glory in death matched the holiness and purity of his life
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/20/25
    • Gospel: Mark 2:18-22
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 18, 2025
    • Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Margaret of Hungary, 1242-1271; daughter of King Bela IV; became a Dominican novice at the age of 12 in a royal convent on an island in the Danube; she was a princess among nuns of nobility, but insisted upon no special treatment; she performed menial tasks, and served the poor and most advanced hospital cases; she died of fatigue on January 18, 1271
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/18/25
    • Gospel: Mark 2:13-17
    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…