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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for January 17. 2025
    • Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Anthony the Abbot, 251-356; at the age of 20, he gave up his large inheritance to the poor, and embraced the eremetical life; he gave the Church and the world the witness of solitary asceticism, great personal mortification and prayer; he also drew many people to himself for spiritual healing and guidance; at 54, he founded a monastery of scattered cells; at 60, he hoped to be a martyr in the renewed persecution of 311; at 88, he fought the Arian heresy; he died in solitude at the age of 105
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/17/25
    • Gospel: Mark 2:1-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 16, 2025
    • Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Joseph Vaz, 1651-1711; a Catholic Oratorian Priest from Goa, sent to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the Dutch occupation, when Calvinism was the official religion; he brought the eucharist and other sacraments to clandestine Catholics in the region; he later found shelter in the Kandyan kingdom, where he was able to work freely; by the time of his death, he was able to rebuild the Catholic church on the island
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/16/25
    • Gospel: Mark 1:40-45
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 15, 2025
    • Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Paul the Hermit, 229-342; went to the desert at the age of 22, and found the eremetical life was much to his personal taste; he lived in a desert cave for the rest of his long life; his contemplation was "disturbed" by St. Anthony, who visited the aged Paul; Anthony also buried Paul in a cloak which he had received from St. Athanasius
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/15/25
    • Gospel: Mark 1:29-39
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 14, 2025
    • Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Felix of Nola; lived in the Third Century, born in Nola, near Naples, Italy; on the death of his father, Felix distributed his inheritance to the poor, was ordained by Bishop St. Maximus of Nola, and became his assistant; Maximus fled to the desert at the beginning of persecutions in 250, and Felix was seized and imprisoned in his stead; released by an angel, who directed him to the ailing Maximus, whom he brought back to Nola; Felix spent the rest of his life on a small piece of land sharing what he had with the poor, and died there on January 14, 255
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/14/25
    • Gospel: Mark 1:21-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 13, 2025
    • Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Hilary of Poitiers, 315-368; raised a pagan, converted when he found his God of nature in the scriptures; became bishop of Poitiers, France, and took up the battle against Arianism, which denied the divinity of Christ; he was eventually exiled to Phrygia; some semi-Arians invited him to a council, hoping for a reconciliation; but Hilary sought a debate with the heretical bishop who had exiled him; the Arians pleaded with the emperor to "send this troublemaker back home," where Hilary was welcomed by his people
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/13/25
    • Gospel: Mark 1:14-20
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 11, 2025
    • Saturday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Palaemon; a third and fourth century Egyptian hermit who is best known for serving as mentor to St. Pachomius; Palaemon and Pachomius organized the hermits of the Egyptian desert into cenobitic communities, laying the groundwork for the development of monasticism; Palaemon died in 325 at Tabennisi, the vast monastic center that sheltered the early Desert Fathers
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/11/25
    • Gospel: John 3:22-30
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for January 10, 2025
    • Friday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Gregory of Nyssa, 335-394; became bishop of Nyssa in about 371; Arians accused him of mismanagement and deposed him in 376; two years later, he was restored to his see; defended his Christology while on a trip to Jerusalem, even though he was well-known for his Trinitarian theology; attended a synod in Constantinople in 394, and died shortly thereafter
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/10/25
    • Gospel: Luke 5:12-16
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 9, 2025
    • Thursday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Adrian the Abbot, 637-710; born in Africa, and became abbot of the monastery at Nerida, near Naples; turned down an appointment to become Archbishop of Canterbury, but accompanied St. Theodore when he was appointed to the post; Theodore appointed Adrian abbot of Saints Peter and Paul Monastery (later known as St. Augustine's) in Canterbury; under his rule, the monastery became known as a center of learning; Adrian died in Canterbury
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/9/25
    • Gospel: Luke 4:14-22
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 8, 2025
    • Wednesday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Gudula, 646-712; daughter of Count Witger and St. Amalberga; educated by St. Gertrude of Nivelles; lived in the family castle until Gertrude died; dedicated her life to God in 664; known for her great charity; patroness of Brussels, Belgium, and of single laywomen
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/8/25
    • Gospel: Mark 6:45-52
    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…