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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February 17, 2024Daybreak for February 17, 2024
Saturday after Ash Wednesday

Commemoration of the Seven Founders of the Servite Order; in 1240, seven noblemen of Florence mutually decided to withdraw from the city to a solitary place for prayer and direct service of God; in 1244, they adopted a religious habit similar to the Dominican habit, choosing to live under the Rule of St. Augustine and adopting the name of the Servants of Mary; they came to the United States from Austria in 1852 and settled in New York and later in Philadelphia; members combined monastic life and active ministry

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/17/24

Gospel: Luke 5:27-32
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February 16, 2024Daybreak for February 16, 2024
Friday after Ash Wednesday

Saint of the Day: St. Daniel; lived in the Third and Fourth Centuries; he and four companions, Elias, Isaias, Jeremy and Samuel were Egyptians who visited Christians condemned to work in the mines of Cilicia during Maximus' persecution; they were arrested at the gates of Caesaria, Palestine, accused of being Christians, and beheaded; Porphyry, a servant of St. Pamphilus demanded that the bodies be buried, and he was tortured and then burned to death when it was found he was a Christian; Seleucus witnessed his death and applauded his constancy in the face of his terrible death; whereupon he was arrested and beheaded; St. Daniel and his companions died in 309 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/16/24

Gospel: Mark 9:14-15
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February 15, 2024Daybreak for February 15, 2024
Thursday after Ash Wednesday

Saint of the Day: St. Jordan; Jordan of Saxony met St. Dominic in Paris, and became a Dominican himself in 1220; in 1222, on the death of Dominic, Jordan was elected second master general of the Dominicans; he expanded the order, sent missionaries to Denmark, and frequently preached at universities to young students; St. Albert the Great became a Dominican after hearing one of his sermons; Jordan died in 1237 in a shipwreck on the coast of Syria
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February 14, 2024Daybreak for February 14, 2024
Ash Wednesday - The Beginning of Lent

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/14/24

Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
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February 13, 2024Daybreak for February 13, 2024
Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Catherine de Ricci, 1522-1589; born in Florence, and from her infancy, showed a great attraction to prayer; entered the convent of the Dominican nuns at Prat in Tuscany, in her fourteenth year; became mistress of novices, subprioress, and at age 25, perpetual prioress; her sanctity attracted many to her side, including a correspondence with St. Philip Neri; she experienced the "Ecstacy of the Passion" every week from Thursday noon to Friday afternoon for twelve years; died after a long illness

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/13/24

Gospel: Mark 8:14-21
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February 12, 2024Daybreak for February 12, 2024
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Julian the Hospitaller; according to legend, in the Fourth Century, he killed his parents in a case of mistaken identity; Julian and his wife went to Rome to receive absolution; when they returned, he built an inn and a hospital for the poor; he even gave a leper his own bed. the leper was an angel

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/12/24

Gospel: Mark 8:11-13
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February 11, 2024Daybreak for February 11, 2024
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/11/24

Gospel: Mark 1:40-45
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February 09, 2024Daybreak for February 9, 2024
Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Alto; Eighth Century hermit and missionary of Irish or Anglo-Saxon descent, who lived in a simple hut in the wild lands of Germany; King Pepin gave him a parcel of land on which Alto built an abbey; the monastery was ravaged by the Huns, but was restored in 1000 as a Benedictine house; it was taken over by the Brigittines in the Fifteenth Century; Also died in 760

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/9/24

Gospel: Mark 7:31-37
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February 08, 2024Daybreak for February 8, 2024
Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Optional Memorial of St. Jerome Emiliani, 1486-1537; ill-mannered soldier of the city-state of Venice; arrested, and while in prison, learned to pray; returned to Venice, took charge of the education of his nephews, and began studying for the priesthood; after his ordination, plague and famine swept northern Italy, and Jerome cared for the sick and fed the hungry; he also founded three orphanages, a shelter for penitent prostitutes and a hospital; founded the Clerks Regular of Somasca, dedicated to the care of orphans and the education of youth; died of an illness contracted when caring for the sick

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/8/24

Gospel: Mark 6:30-34
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February 07, 2024Daybreak for February 7, 2024
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint of the Day: St. Luke the Younger; Tenth Century hermit and wonder-worker whose solitary hermitage in Thessaly, Greece, became known as the Soterion, "the place of healing"; became a hermit on Mount Joannitsa. near Corinth; revered for his holiness and miracles

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

Gospel: Mark 7:14-23
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