Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for January 7, 2025
    • Tuesday after Epiphany
    • Optional Memorial of St. Raymond of Pennafort, 1175-1275; became a Dominican, and founded the Order of Our Lady of Ransom; went with King James to Majorca to preach; King James, however, was ruled by his passions, and set a bad example; Raymond commanded the king to send the woman away; the king said that he would, but he did not; Saint Raymond spread his cloak upon the water, tied up one corner of it to a stick for a sail, made the Sign of the Cross, stepped onto the cloak, and sailed along for six hours until he reached Barcelona; St. Raymond died at the age of 100
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/7/25
    • Gospel: Mark 6:34-44
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 6, 2025
    • Monday after Epiphany
    • Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Canterbury; a monk in the monastery of St. Andrew's, Rome, and was chosen by Pope St. Gregory the Great to embark with St. Augustine of Canterbury and other monks on the missionary enterprise to England in 596; became the first abbot of the monastery of Saints. Peter and Paul at Canterbury in 602; died by drowning at Ambleteu, near Boulogne while on a mission to France, in 607
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/6/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25
    52 min
  • Daybreak for January 4, 2025
    • Eleventh Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1774-1821; raised Episcopalian, but knew the value of prayer, scripture, and a nightly examination of conscience; married William Magee Seton when she was 19, and bore him five children before he died of tuberculosis; while in Italy with her dying husband, she saw Catholicity in action through friends; she became Catholic because of belief in the Real Presence, devotion to the Blessed mother, and her conviction that the Catholic Church led back to the apostles and to Christ; she opened a school in Baltimore to support her children; over the years, she grew from ordinary goodness to heroic sanctity; she was the first American-born citizen to be canonized a saint
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/4/25
    • Gospel: John 1:35-42
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for January 2, 2025
    • Ninth Day of Christmas
    • Memorial of Saints Basil the Great (330-379) and Gregory Nazianzen (329-390); good friends, who met at university; Basil became bishop of Caesarea in 374, and he was called upon to refute the Arian heresy, which held that Jesus was not God; when one town was falling away from the faith, Basil ordained Gregory bishop and sent him there; Basil died at age 49; Gregory resigned from Constantinople because of opposition and spent his last years reading, writing his autobiography, and enjoying his gardens
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/2/25
    • Gospel: John 1:19-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 31, 2024
    • Seventh Day of Christmas
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Sylvester I; became pope in 314 A.D.; preserved the essential independence of the Church in the face of the overpowering figure of the Emperor Constantine; the bishops generally remained loyal to the Holy See, and at times expressed apologies to Sylvester for undertaking important ecclesiastical projects at the urging of Constantine; Sylvester died in 335 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/31/24
    • Gospel: John 1:1-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for December 30, 2024
    • Sixth Day of Christmas
    • Saint of the Day: St. Egwin of Evesham; English noble who became bishop of Worcester, England, in 692. thought by his clergy to be too strict; went to Rome, and on his return founded Evesham Monastery, prompted by a vision of Mary; in 709, Egwin returned to Rome, and died in 717 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/30/24
    • Gospel: Luke 2:36-40
    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…