Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for July 8, 2024
    • Monday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Priscilla; she and her husband, Aquila, the tent-maker, were forced to leave Rome, and settled in Corinth, where they provided lodging for Paul--who may have converted them to Christianity; they went with Paul to Ephesus, and then back to Rome; they suffered martyrdom in Asia Minor according to the Roman martyrology, but one tradition has them martyred in Rome
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/8/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:18-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 6, 2024
    • Saturday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Maria Goretti, 1890-1902; daughter of a poor Italian tenant farmer; on a hot July afternoon, an 18-year-old neighbor, Alessandro, attempted to molest her, and ended up stabbing her multiple times; Maria was taken to a hospital, where she died; Alessandro was sentenced to 30 years in prison; while there, he received a dream--or vision--of Maria gathering flowers and offering them to him; his life changed, and he was released after 27 years; he immediately sought the forgiveness of Maria's mother; at Maria’s canonization in 1950, a 66-year-old Alessandro Serenelli knelt among the quarter-million people and cried tears of joy
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/6/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:14-17
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for July 5, 2024
    • Friday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, 1502-1539; born in Cremona, Italy; ordained a priest at the age of 26; sent to Milan, and he laid the foundations of three religious congregations, one for men, one for women, and an association of married couples; Anthony encouraged such innovations as the collaboration of the laity in the apostolate, frequent Communion, the Forty Hours devotion, and the ringing of church bells at 3:00 p.m. on Fridays; on a mission of peace, Anthony became seriously ill and was brought home for a visit to his mother; he died at Cremona at the age of 36
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/5/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 4, 2024
    • Thursday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time; Independence Day in the United States
    • Optional Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Portugal, 1271-1336; daughter of Pedro III, future king of Aragon; given in marriage to Denis, king of Portugal, at age 12; she exercised both piety and charity, and remained devoted to her husband, whose infidelity to her was a scandal to the kingdom; Denis gave up his life of sin, and Elizabeth became a peacemaker among family; after the death of her husband, she retired as a tertiary to a Poor Clare monastery--and she brought about peace between her son Alfonso, now king of Portugal, and his son-in-law, the king of Castile
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/4/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 3, 2024
    • Feast of St. Thomas, apostle; died about 72 A.D.
    • Wednesday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/3/24
    • Gospel: John 20:24-29
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 2, 2024
    • Tuesday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Otto of Bamberg, 1060-1139; born in Swabia, served Emperor Henry IV in various posts; Otto was appointed bishop of Bamberg in 1103; he was a figure in the reconciliation of the pope and Emperor Henry V; headed a mission to Pomerania, and made numerous converts among the local inhabitants; known as the Apostle of Pomerania
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/2/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 8:23-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for July 1, 2024
    • Monday of the 13th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Junipero Serra, 1713-1784; born on Spain’s island of Mallorca, and joined the Franciscans; set out to convert native peoples in the New World; worked in central Mexico and the Baja Peninsula, and then traveled 900 miles north to set his first mission, San Diego; other missions followed; Junipero’s missionary life was a long battle with cold and hunger, with unsympathetic military commanders and even with danger of death from non-Christian native peoples--but he baptized over 6,000 people and confirmed 5,000; he gave the Native Americans the faith and a decent standard of living
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/1/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 8:18-22
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 29, 2024
    • Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
    • Saturday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/29/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19
    1 hr

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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…