Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for August 8, 2024
    • Thursday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Dominic, 1170-1221; on a journey through France, he came face-to-face with the Albigensian heresy, and was commissioned to be part of the preaching crusade against it; Dominic and three Cistercians began itinerant preaching, and eventually became a community, the beginning of the Order of Preachers, or Dominicans; Dominic’s ideal, and that of his Order, was to organically link a life with God, study, and prayer in all forms, with a ministry of salvation to people by the word of God
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/8/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 16:13-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 7, 2024
    • Wednesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Sixtus II; elected pope in 257, and repaired the rift between the sees of Rome and Carthage that had developed over the issue of baptism and rebaptism; forbidden to hold services, Sixtus and his deacons worshipped in the cemetery chapel; in 258, soldiers broke into the chapel and beheaded Sixtus, along with four of his eight attendants; Lawrence was martyred four days later
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/7/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 5, 2024
    • Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of the Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica; raised at the order of Pope Liberius, rebuilt by Pope Sixtus III in 431; the largest church in the world honoring God through Mary
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/5/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21
    52 min
  • Daybreak for August 3, 2024
    • Saturday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Gamaliel; rabbinical teacher, mentor of St. Paul; mentioned in the Acts of the Apostle as advising the Jewish Sanhedrin in Jerusalem to release St. Peter and other apostles; reportedly became a Christian
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/3/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 14:1-12
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for August 1, 2024
    • Thursday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1696-1787; born near Naples, graduated in law at the age of 16; entered the ecclesiastical state, and was ordained a priest in 1726; in 1732, he discerned a call from God to found the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer--also known as the Redemptorists--to labor for the salvation of the most abandoned souls; appointed bishop of St. Agatha in 1756, and retired to his convent in 1775, where he died
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/1/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:47-53
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 31, 2024
    • Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556; he sought a mililtary career, but after an injury which required a long convalescence, he read a Life of Christ and lives of the saints, and began his conversion; in 1534, he and six others began the Society of Jesus, with the approval of Pope Paul III; Ignatius centered his spiritual life on the essential foundations of Christianity—the Trinity, Christ, the Eucharist
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/31/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:44-46
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 30, 2024
    • Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chrysologus, 380-450; bishop and doctor of the church; called "Chrysologus," or "golden-worded," because of his oratorical excellence; appointed bishop of Ravenna in 433, and got rid of the last vestiges of paganism among his people; he also counseled the heretic, Eutyches, in order to prevent division, but warned him of the consequences of opposing the pope; Peter died at Imola, Italy
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/30/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 29, 2024
    • Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus; close friends of Jesus; Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, and Martha made a profound statement of faith
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/29/24
    • Gospel: John 11:19-27
    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…