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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July 10, 2024Daybreak for July 10, 2024
Wednesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Veronica Giuliani, 1660-1727; native of Binasco, near Milan, Italy, born in 1660; she entered the Capuchins in 1677, and served as novice mistress for 34 years; received a stigmata in 1697, and had visions, the accounts of which are quite detailed; she remained practical in spite of her ecstatic experiences; became abbess in 1716, a role she served until her death

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/10/24

Gospel: Matthew 10:1-7
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52min
July 09, 2024Daybreak for July 9, 2024
Tuesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions, the Chinese martyrs; the 120 martyrs in this group died between 1648 and 1930; Augustine Zhao Rong was a Chinese soldier who accompanied Bishop John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse of the Paris Foreign Mission Society to his martyrdom in Beijing; all 120 were canonized on October 1, 2000

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/9/24

Gospel: Matthew 9:32-38
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52min
July 08, 2024Daybreak for July 8, 2024
Monday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Priscilla; she and her husband, Aquila, the tent-maker, were forced to leave Rome, and settled in Corinth, where they provided lodging for Paul--who may have converted them to Christianity; they went with Paul to Ephesus, and then back to Rome; they suffered martyrdom in Asia Minor according to the Roman martyrology, but one tradition has them martyred in Rome

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/8/24

Gospel: Matthew 9:18-26
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52min
July 07, 2024Daybreak for July 7, 2024
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/7/24

Gospel: Mark 6:1-6
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July 06, 2024Daybreak for July 6, 2024
Saturday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti, 1890-1902; daughter of a poor Italian tenant farmer; on a hot July afternoon, an 18-year-old neighbor, Alessandro, attempted to molest her, and ended up stabbing her multiple times; Maria was taken to a hospital, where she died; Alessandro was sentenced to 30 years in prison; while there, he received a dream--or vision--of Maria gathering flowers and offering them to him; his life changed, and he was released after 27 years; he immediately sought the forgiveness of Maria's mother; at Maria’s canonization in 1950, a 66-year-old Alessandro Serenelli knelt among the quarter-million people and cried tears of joy

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/6/24

Gospel: Matthew 9:14-17
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1h
July 05, 2024Daybreak for July 5, 2024
Friday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, 1502-1539; born in Cremona, Italy; ordained a priest at the age of 26; sent to Milan, and he laid the foundations of three religious congregations, one for men, one for women, and an association of married couples; Anthony encouraged such innovations as the collaboration of the laity in the apostolate, frequent Communion, the Forty Hours devotion, and the ringing of church bells at 3:00 p.m. on Fridays; on a mission of peace, Anthony became seriously ill and was brought home for a visit to his mother; he died at Cremona at the age of 36

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/5/24

Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13
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52min
July 04, 2024Daybreak for July 4, 2024
Thursday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time; Independence Day in the United States

Optional Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, 1271-1336; daughter of Pedro III, future king of Aragon; given in marriage to Denis, king of Portugal, at age 12; she exercised both piety and charity, and remained devoted to her husband, whose infidelity to her was a scandal to the kingdom; Denis gave up his life of sin, and Elizabeth became a peacemaker among family; after the death of her husband, she retired as a tertiary to a Poor Clare monastery--and she brought about peace between her son Alfonso, now king of Portugal, and his son-in-law, the king of Castile

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/4/24

Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
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52min
July 03, 2024Daybreak for July 3, 2024
Feast of St. Thomas, apostle; died about 72 A.D.

Wednesday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/3/24

Gospel: John 20:24-29
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52min
July 02, 2024Daybreak for July 2, 2024
Tuesday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Otto of Bamberg, 1060-1139; born in Swabia, served Emperor Henry IV in various posts; Otto was appointed bishop of Bamberg in 1103; he was a figure in the reconciliation of the pope and Emperor Henry V; headed a mission to Pomerania, and made numerous converts among the local inhabitants; known as the Apostle of Pomerania

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/2/24

Gospel: Matthew 8:23-27
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52min
July 01, 2024Daybreak for July 1, 2024
Monday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Junipero Serra, 1713-1784; born on Spain’s island of Mallorca, and joined the Franciscans; set out to convert native peoples in the New World; worked in central Mexico and the Baja Peninsula, and then traveled 900 miles north to set his first mission, San Diego; other missions followed; Junipero’s missionary life was a long battle with cold and hunger, with unsympathetic military commanders and even with danger of death from non-Christian native peoples--but he baptized over 6,000 people and confirmed 5,000; he gave the Native Americans the faith and a decent standard of living

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/1/24

Gospel: Matthew 8:18-22
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52min

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