Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for October 18, 2024
    • Feast of St. Luke; writer of the Third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles; traditionally held to be a native of Antioch; referred to by Paul as "our beloved physician"; died about 84 A.D.
    • Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/18/24
    • Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 17, 2024
    • Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch; became bishop of Antioch in 307, when the emperor forced Christians to choose between apostacy and death; Ignatius chose the latter, and was sentenced to death in Rome; he is famous for the seven letters he wrote during the journey from Antioch to Rome; five were to the churches in Asia Minor, whom he urged to remain faithful and obey their superiors; one was to Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, who was later martyred for the faith; and one was to the people of Rome, asking them not to try to prevent his martyrdom; St. Ignatius faced the lions in the Circus Maximus in about 107 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/17/24
    • Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 16, 2024
    • Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 1647-1690; entered the order of the Visitation Nuns at the age of 24; characterized by a fellow novice as simple, and frank, but above all, kind and patient under sharp criticism and correction; received the first of her revelations in 1674 when Christ requested that his love for humankind be made evident through her; Christ appeared to her at intervals over 13 months; his human heart was to be the symbol of His divine-human love; Christ called her to be a sacrificial victim for the shortcomings of her own sisters, and to make this known; died at the age of 43
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/16/24
    • Gospel: Luke 11:42-46
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 15, 2024
    • Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, 1515-1582; a woman, a contemplative, and an active reformer; she was a woman of prayer, discipline, and compassion; she spent much of her time and energy seeking to reform herself and the Carmelites, to lead them back to the full observance of the primitive Rule; her writings, especially the Way of Perfection and The Interior Castle, have helped generations of believers; although she died before it officially came into being, Teresa, along with St. John of the Cross, is considered a co-founder of the Discalced Carmelite order
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/15/24
    • Gospel: Luke 11:37-41
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 14, 2024
    • Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Callistus I; a slave of Rome, and later ordained deacon by Pope St. Zephyrinus, whom he succeeded as pope in the year 217; as a deacon, he was guardian of the Christian cemetery on the Appian way, which still bears his name; he vigorously opposed heresy, but his charitable attitude toward repentant sinners incurred the wrath of contemporary rigorists; martyred in the persecutions of Alexander Severus in the year 223
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/14/24
    • Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 12, 2024
    • Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint (Blessed) of the Day: Blessed Carlo Acutis, 1991-2006; from the age of 3, showed great interest in Catholic churches; prayed before the tabernacle and went to confession weekly; taught himself how to code and build websites while still in primary school; created websites for Catholic organizations; when he developed leukemia, he offered up his suffering for Pope Benedict XVI and the Church; died at the age of 15
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/12/24
    • Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for October 11, 2024
    • Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. John XXIII, 1881-1963; firstborn of a farming family in northern Italy; as a stretcher-bearer in World War I, he had a firsthand knowledge of war; in 1925, he became a papal diplomat; named a cardinal and patriarch of Venice in 1953; a month short of his 78th year, he was elected pope; his most famous encyclicals were "Mother and Teacher" and "Peace on Earth"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/11/24
    • Gospel: Luke 11:15-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 10, 2024
    • Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia, 1510-1572; Spanish nobleman; when widowed, he became a Jesuit priest; he only complained when someone attempted to treat as if he were still a nobleman; ultimately, he preached everywhere, and advised many important people; he helped to spread the Society of Jesus across Spain and Portugal
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/10/24
    • Gospel: Luke 11:5-13
    52 min
  • Daybreak for October 9, 2024
    • Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Denis and companions; regarded as the first bishop of Paris; Denis was sent to Gaul from Rome in the third century and beheaded in the persecution under Emperor Valerius in 258; one legend says that he was martyred on Montmartre in Paris, and then carried his head to a village northeast of the city; St. Genevieve built a basilica over his tomb in the Sixth Century
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/9/24
    • Gospel: Luke 11:1-4
    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…