Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for August 18, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Helena; mother of Constantine the Great; traveled to the Holy Places in the Middle East in 326-328, and found three crosses; she had a woman who was near death place her hand on all three crosses; nothing happened with the first two; but when she touched the third one, she immediately recovered; Helena declared this to be the True Cross; Helena died around 330 with her devoted son by her side
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/18/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 19:23-30
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 17, 2026
    • Monday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Clare of Montefalco, 1268-1308; born in Montefalco, Italy; as a young woman, she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries; her sister Joan was the abbess, and when she died, Clare succeeded her; she led an austere life, devoted to the Passion of Christ, and His Cross; when she died, an image of the cross was found imprinted on her heart, and her body remained incorrupt
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/17/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 19:16-22
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 15, 2026
    • Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven
    • Saturday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/15/26
    • Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 14, 2026
    • Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; he was ordained at the age of 24; in 1917, he formed an association called the Militia Immaculata, which started producing faith periodicals; it grew into a publishing house of 650 friars; in 1941, St. Maximilian was arrested and placed in a Nazi death camp; shortly after, he died at Auschwitz, from a lethal injection, when he bartered his own life for a man’s who had a family
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 13, 2026
    • Thursday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Saints Pontian and Hippolytus; Pontian was Bishop of Rome from 230 – 236 A.D.; St. Hippolytus, a prominent theologian, was a theological opponent and rival of several of Pontian’s predecessors and of Pontian himself; when Maximinus I became emperor in 235, . he banished both men to the island of Sardinia; St. Hippolytus reconciled with Rome, and both men suffered inhumane treatment and death in the mines of Sardinia and they are celebrated together as holy martyrs in the Church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/13/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 12, 2026
    • Wednesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 1572-1641; when she became a widow, she took a vow of chastity, and in 1604 began seeking spiritual direction from St. Francis de Sales; in 1610, they formed the Congregation of the Visitation, unique in that it admitted women deemed physically unsuitable by other orders; the members went outside their convents to serve the needy; by the time Jane was canonized, there were 164 communities of the order
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/12/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 11, 2026
    • Tuesday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Clare, 1194-1253; Clare heard Saint Francis of Assisi preach and it ignited in her a desire to follow Christ in a similar way; Saint Francis took Saint Clare to San Paolo and placed her in the care of Benedictine nuns; her sister joined her in holy vows within a month; Saint Francis established a community for them, and other women, at San Damiano and the Second Order of Saint Francis was born; later called the Poor Clares; as abbess, Saint Clare nurtured women in Christ and sent daughters planting convents all throughout Europe. Saint Clare was canonized two years after her death
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/11/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 10, 2026
    • Feast of St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr, 225-258
    • Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/10/26
    • Gospel: John 12:24-26
    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…