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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June 26, 2024Daybreak for June 26, 2024
Wednesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, 1902-1975; knew, in 1918, that God was asking something of him; ordained a priest in 1925; in 1928, he realized that his mission was to found Opus Dei, an institution within the Catholic Church dedicated to helping people in all walks of life to follow Christ, to seek holiness in their daily life and grow in love for God and their fellow men and women; Opus Dei eventually spread first in Spain, and then in other countries; in 1946, St. Josemaria moved to Rome and worked closely with some the Vatican II council fathers; died suddenly in 1975

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/26/24

Gospel: Matthew 7:15-20
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52min
June 25, 2024Daybreak for June 25, 2024
Tuesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. William of Vercelli, 1085-1142; became a hermit on Monte Vergine, Italy, and attracted so many followers that a monastery was built; in time, the austerity of his rule led to dissension, and to keep peace, he left, and was taken under the care of Roger I of Naples; Roger built him a monastery at Salermo; William founded monasteries throughout Naples, and died at the Guglielmo monastery near Nusco Italy

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/25/24

Gospel: Matthew 7:6, 12-14
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52min
June 24, 2024Daybreak for June 24, 2024
Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist

Monday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/24/24

Gospel: Luke 1:57-66, 80
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52min
June 23, 2024Daybreak for June 23, 2024
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/23/24

Gospel: Mark 4:35-41
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June 22, 2024Daybreak for June 22, 2024
Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of Saints John Fisher, 1469-1535, and Thomas More, 1478-1535; the two great martyrs of England; condemned and executed for essentially the same reasons--refusal to acknowledge the divorce and remarriage of King Henry VIII, and refusal to accept the king as head of the Church in England, which would deny the pope as head

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/22/24

Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
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June 21, 2024Daybreak for June 21, 2024
Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Aloyisius Gonzaga, 1568-1591; grew up in royal courts and army camps, but the more that he saw of court life, the more disillusioned he became; his spiritual awakening began at the age of 7; eventually, his father allowed him to renounce his right to succession, and join the Society of Jesus; during the 1591 plague in Rome, Aloysius assisted patients and caught the disease; fever persisted after his recovery, but he maintained his great discipline of prayer, knowing that he would die three months later within the octave of Corpus Christi, at the age of 23

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/21/24

Gospel: Mark 6:19-23
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52min
June 20, 2024Daybreak for June 20, 2024
Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. John of Matera, 1070-1139; longed to become a hermit, and served for a time as a shepherd at a monastery--but his exceptional austerity was so irksome to the less fervent monks, that he had to leave; later, he rebuilt a dilapidated church dedicated to St. Peter; in Bari, he preached with great efficacy; eventually founded a Benedictine monastery of which he was the first abbot

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/20/24

Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15
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52min
June 19, 2024Daybreak for June 19, 2024
Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Romuald, 950-1027; after seeing his father kill a relative in a duel, he fled to a monastery; after three years, he was asked to leave; for thirty years, he founded monasteries and hermitages across Italy; he was falsely accused of a crime, and was excommunicated--an unjust punishment which he endured for six months; in later life, his father became a monk, and was encouraged by his son

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/19/24

Gospel: Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18
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52min
June 18, 2024Daybreak for June 18, 2024
Tuesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St Gregory Barbarigo, 1625-1697; embraced a diplomatic career, but became a priest, and then first bishop of Bergamo; he was later elevated to cardinal and given additional authority over the diocese of Padua; he worked to carry out the reforms set forth by the Council of Trent; through his efforts the seminaries of both Bergamo and Padua were substantially enlarged; at Padua he also added a library and a printing press

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/18/24

Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48
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52min
June 17, 2024Daybreak for June 17, 2024
Monday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Nectan of Hartland, 468-510; possibly a native of Wales or Ireland, best known through legends; lived as a hermit in Devonshire, England, founding churches there and in Cornwall, England; beheaded by robbers, and in some traditions was a relative of the chieftain Brychan; much revered during the Middle Ages

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/17/24

Gospel: Matthew 5:38-42
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52min

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