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 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
June 16, 2024Daybreak for June 16, 2024
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/16/24

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34
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June 15, 2024Daybreak for June 15, 2024
Saturday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Alice, 1220-1250; born near Brussels, and entered a Cistercian convent at a young age; contracted leprosy, and was isolated; her greatest consolation was reception of the Holy Eucharist; known for visions and ecstasies

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/15/24

Gospel: Matthew 5:33-37
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June 14, 2024Daybreak for June 14, 2024
Friday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Joseph the Hymnographer, 810-886; the most prolific of the Greek hymn writers; a native of Sicily, he was forced to journey to Thessalonica in 830 because of an invasion by the Arabs; he went to Constantinople, and attempted to travel to Rome, but was captured by pirates; escaping, he founded a monastery in Constantinople; for his defense of the icons, he was sent into exile; Joseph is credited with the composition of about 1,000 canons

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/14/24

Gospel: Matthew 5:27-32
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52min
June 13, 2024Daybreak for June 13, 2024
Thursday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, 1195-1231; Franciscan friar, and dedicated patron of the poor; hoped to preach to the Saracens, but became seriously ill on his way to Morocco, and returned home; taught theology in Italy and Southern France, and ended up in Padua, where he is believed to have founded a Franciscan community; died on his way to Padua, where he is buried; invoked for assistance in finding lost things

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/13/24

Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26
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52min
June 12, 2024Daybreak for June 12, 2024
Wednesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Mount Athos; first hermit to reside on Mount Athos is northern Greece; according to legend, he was a soldier captured by Muslims, and released through the intervention of St. Simeon; went to Rome, and received the monastic habit directly from the pope; took up residence on Mount Athos, where he remained for half-a-century; died in the Eighth Century

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/12/24
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52min
June 11, 2024Daybreak for June 11, 2024
Tuesday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time

Memorial of St. Barnabas; closely associated with Saint Paul—he introduced Paul to Peter and the other apostles—and served as a kind of mediator between the former persecutor and the still suspicious Jewish Christians; Paul and Barnabas were sent to preach to the Gentiles; when Paul wanted to revisit the places they had evangelized, Barnabas wanted to take along his cousin John Mark, author of the Gospel, but Paul insisted that since Mark had deserted them once, he was not fit to take along now; the disagreement that followed was so sharp that Barnabas and Paul separated; later they were reconciled—Paul, Barnabas and Mark

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/11/24

Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16
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52min

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