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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May 18, 2024Daybreak for May 18, 2024
Saturday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Optional Memorial of Pope St. John I, 470-526; when elected, he "inherited" the Arian heresy, which denied the divinity of Christ; Italy's emperor subscribed to the heresy, but was tolerant of Catholics; when the eastern emperor began imposing severe sanctions on Arians, John was sent to try to negotiate softer measures; on returning, John was imprisoned, as the western emperor was suspicious of a conspiracy; John died in prison

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/18/24

Gospel: John 21:20-25
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1h
May 17, 2024Daybreak for May 17, 2024
Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Saint of the Day: St. Paschal Baylon, 1540-1592; worked as a shepherd for his father, performed miracles, and was distinguished for his austerity, and taught himself to read; became a Franciscan lay brother in 1564; he practiced rigorous asceticism and displayed a deep love for the Blessed Sacrament, so much so that while on a mission to France, he defended the doctrine of the Real Presence against a Calvinist preacher; Paschal died at a friary in Villareal

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/17/24

Gospel: John 21:15-19
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52min
May 16, 2024Daybreak for May 16, 2024
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Saint of the Day: St. Simon Stock; as a young man, he went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land where he joined a group of Carmelites with whom he later returned to Europe; he founded many Carmelite communities, especially in university towns, such as Cambridge, Oxford, Paris, and Bologna; he was elected superior-general of the order in 1254; earlier, in 1251, received a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who held a brown scapular in one hand, and said, "He who dies clothed with this habit shall be preserved from eternal fire"

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/16/24

Gospel: John 17:20-26
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52min
May 15, 2024Daybreak for May 15, 2024
Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Optional Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer, 1070-1130; worked on the estate of a wealthy landowner near Madrid; he rose early in the morning to go to church and spent many a holiday devoutly visiting the churches of Madrid and surrounding areas; communed with God while walking behind the plow; known for his love of the poor, and his concern for proper treatment of animals

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/15/24

Gospel: John 17:11-19
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52min
May 14, 2024Daybreak for May 14, 2024
Feast of St. Matthias, apostle

Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/14/24

Gospel: John 15:9-17
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52min
May 13, 2024Daybreak for May 13, 2024
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter

Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima; in 1917, three Portuguese children received visions of Our Lady, who asked them to pray the rosary for world peace, for the end of World War I, for sinners, and for the conversion of Russia; this feast day was approved by the local bishop in 1930, and was added to the Church's universal calendar in 2002

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/13/24

Gospel: John 16:29-33
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52min
May 12, 2024Daybreak for May 12, 2024
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (Ascension Sunday)

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/12/24

Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
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1h
May 10, 2024Daybreak for May 10, 2024
Friday of the Sixth Week of East

Optional Memorial of St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai, 1840-1889; went to the Hawaiian Islands in 1864 as a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; in 1873, he went to the leper colony on the island of Molokai, and volunteered to remain indefinitely; soon the settlement had new houses and a new church, school and orphanage, and morale improved considerably; Damien himself contracted Hansen's disease (leprosy) and died of complications

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/10/24

Gospel: John 16:20-23
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1h
May 09, 2024Daybreak for May 9, 2024
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (Traditional)

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/9/24

Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
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1h
May 08, 2024Daybreak for May 8, 2024
Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter

Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Tarantaise, 1102-1175; entered the Cistercian order at twenty, and became the first abbot of Tamie, in the Tarantase mountains, at 30; named archbishop of Tarantaise at 42, and devoted much energy to reforming the diocese, purging the clergy of corrupt and immoral members, aiding the poor, and promoting education; he defended papal rights in France, and mediated between King Louis VII of France and then-Prince Henry II of England

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/8/24

Gospel: John 16:12-15
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1h

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The podcast currently has 1,868 episodes available.