Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for September 7, 2024
    • Saturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Cloud, 522-560; grandson of Clovis, king of the Franks; his uncle attempted to assassinate him, but he escaped to Provence, where he put himself under the discipline of St. Severinus; Cloud untiringly instructed the people of the neighboring country, and died at the age of 36
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/7/24
    • Gospel: Luke 6:1-5
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for September 6, 2024
    • Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Eleutherius; lived in the Sixth Century, became abbot of St. Mark's, near Spoleto, and was favored by God with miracles; he once prayed with St. Gregory the Great for his health, and St. Gregory found himself able to participate in the Easter-eve fast; he was reputed to have brought a dead man back to life; he died in St. Andrew's monastery in Rome about the year 585
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/6/24
    • Gospel: Luke 5:33-39
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 5, 2024
    • Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997; born of Albanian parents; joined the Loreto Sisters of Dublin at age 18; in 1946, she discerned a "call within a call"--to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them; volunteers who helped her became the core of the Missionaries of Charity; for the next four decades, Mother Teresa worked tirelessly on behalf of the poor; she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/5/24
    • Gospel: Luke 5:1-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 4, 2024
    • Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Rosalia; left her home, and took up abode in a cave "for love of my Lord Jesus Christ"; she practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God; she died alone in 1160; her body was discovered several centuries later, in 1625
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/4/24
    • Gospel: Luke 4: 38-44
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 3, 2024
    • Tuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, 540-604; left his position as prefect of Rome, and became a Benedictine monk in his home; ordained a priest, and served as one of the pope's seven deacons; also served as papal representative in Constantinople; elected pope at the age of 50; he removed unworthy priests from office, forbade taking money for many services, emptied the papal treasury to ransom prisoners of the Lombards and to care for persecuted Jews and the victims of plague and famine; known for his reform of the liturgy
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/3/24
    • Gospel: Luke 4:31-37
    52 min
  • Daybreak for September 2, 2024
    • Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time; Labor Day in the United States
    • Saint of the Day: St. Ingrid of Sweden; born in the 13th Century in Sweden, and lived under the spiritual direction of Peter of Dacia, a Dominican priest; she was the first Dominican nun in Sweden and in 1281 she founded the first Dominican cloister there; she died in 1282 surrounded by an aura of sanctity; Swedish bishops introduced her cause for canonization at the Council of Constance; unfortunately, her convent and relics were destroyed in the Reformation
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/2/24
    • Gospel: Luke 4:16-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 31, 2024
    • Saturday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne; born in Ireland, may have studied under St. Senan before becoming a monk at Iona; became bishop of Lindisfarne and was known for his knowledge of the Bible, his learning, his eloquent preaching, his holiness, his distaste for pomp, his kindness to the poor, and the miracles attributed to him; founded a monastery at Lindisfarne which became a center of learning and missionary activity for all of northern England; died in 651
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/31/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 30, 2024
    • Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Jeanne Jugan, 1792-1879; foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor; born in the French region of Brittany during the French Revolution; at 25, she joined the Congregation of Jesus and Mary; in 1837, she rented a small cottage with two others, where they formed a small community devoted to prayer, helping the poor, and teaching catechism; more women came to them for help, and she attained an open convent to house 40 more; more young women heard about Jeanne's mission and joined her; by the time of her death, there were 2,400 Little Sisters of the Poor
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/30/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13
    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…