Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for July 27, 2024
    • Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saints of the Day: Saints Natalie and Aurelius; Aurelius was the son of a Moor, and orphaned as a child, secretly raised a Christian by his aunt during the Moorish persecution of Christians; he married a half-Moorish woman, Sabigotho, who took the name Natalie when she converted to Christianity; they were both beheaded in 852 for practicing their faith openly, together with George, a monk from Jerusalem whom Aurelius had befriended
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/27/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 26, 2024
    • Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/26/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:18-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 25, 2024
    • Feast of St. James, apostle; died 44 A.D.
    • Thursday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/25/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 20:20-28
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 24, 2024
    • Wednesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Sharbel Makhlouf, 1828-1898; joined the Monastery of St. Maron at Annaya, Lebanon, at the age of 23; lived as a hermit from 1875 until his death; with a reputation for holiness, people sought him to receive a blessing and to be remembered in his prayers; he followed a strict fast and was very devoted to the Blessed Sacrament; he occasionally administered the sacraments to nearby villages; died late afternoon, Christmas eve, 1898
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/24/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 23, 2024
    • Tuesday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Bridget of Sweden, 1303-1373; married to the Swedish king, Magnus II, mother of eight children, including St. Catherine of Sweden; Magnus gave Bridget land and buildings to found a monastery for men and women, an order which was eventually known as the Bridgetines; in 1350, Bridget made a pilgrimage to Rome, never to return to Sweden; her pilgrimage to the Holy Land was marred by shipwreck and the death of her son, Charles, and eventually led to her own death
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/23/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:46-50
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 22, 2024
    • Feast of St. Mary Magdalene, died about 63 A.D.; the "Apostle to the Apostles"
    • Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/22/24
    • Gospel: John 20:1-2, 11-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 20, 2024
    • Saturday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Apollinarius, sent by St. Peter to Ravenna, Italy, as its first bishop; his preaching was so successful, that the pagans expelled him three times; he died of injuries on his fourth try, in about 79 A,D,
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/20/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:14-21
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 19, 2024
    • Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Macrena the Younger, 330-379; granddaughter of Macrena the Elder, sister of Saints Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, and Peter of Sebastea; when her fiancé died, she dedicated her life to God; she and her mother retired to the family estate in Pontus and lived a life of prayer and contemplation in a community they formed there
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/19/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 12:1-8
    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…