Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for June 28, 2024
    • Friday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Irenaeus, 130-202; as bishop of Lyons, he foughts the Gnostics, who claimed "secret" knowledge which Jesus had only revealed to a few; Irenaeus' work gradually ended the influence of the Gnostics; circumstances of his death remain unclear, but he is regarded as a martyr
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/28/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 8:1-4
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 27, 2024
    • Thursday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Cyril of Alexandria, 378-444; began his career as archbishop of Alexandria with impulsive--often violent--actions; but he championed the cause of orthodoxy against the heresy of Nestorius, who taught that in Christ there were two persons, one human and one divine; at the Council of Ephesus in 431, Cyril condemned Nestorianism and proclaimed Mary truly the “God-bearer”—the mother of the one Person who is truly God and truly human
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/27/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 26, 2024
    • Wednesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, 1902-1975; knew, in 1918, that God was asking something of him; ordained a priest in 1925; in 1928, he realized that his mission was to found Opus Dei, an institution within the Catholic Church dedicated to helping people in all walks of life to follow Christ, to seek holiness in their daily life and grow in love for God and their fellow men and women; Opus Dei eventually spread first in Spain, and then in other countries; in 1946, St. Josemaria moved to Rome and worked closely with some the Vatican II council fathers; died suddenly in 1975
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/26/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:15-20
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 25, 2024
    • Tuesday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. William of Vercelli, 1085-1142; became a hermit on Monte Vergine, Italy, and attracted so many followers that a monastery was built; in time, the austerity of his rule led to dissension, and to keep peace, he left, and was taken under the care of Roger I of Naples; Roger built him a monastery at Salermo; William founded monasteries throughout Naples, and died at the Guglielmo monastery near Nusco Italy
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/25/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:6, 12-14
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 24, 2024
    • Solemnity of the Birth of St. John the Baptist
    • Monday of the 12th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/24/24
    • Gospel: Luke 1:57-66, 80
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 22, 2024
    • Saturday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of Saints John Fisher, 1469-1535, and Thomas More, 1478-1535; the two great martyrs of England; condemned and executed for essentially the same reasons--refusal to acknowledge the divorce and remarriage of King Henry VIII, and refusal to accept the king as head of the Church in England, which would deny the pope as head
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/22/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for June 21, 2024
    • Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of St. Aloyisius Gonzaga, 1568-1591; grew up in royal courts and army camps, but the more that he saw of court life, the more disillusioned he became; his spiritual awakening began at the age of 7; eventually, his father allowed him to renounce his right to succession, and join the Society of Jesus; during the 1591 plague in Rome, Aloysius assisted patients and caught the disease; fever persisted after his recovery, but he maintained his great discipline of prayer, knowing that he would die three months later within the octave of Corpus Christi, at the age of 23
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/21/24
    • Gospel: Mark 6:19-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 20, 2024
    • Thursday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. John of Matera, 1070-1139; longed to become a hermit, and served for a time as a shepherd at a monastery--but his exceptional austerity was so irksome to the less fervent monks, that he had to leave; later, he rebuilt a dilapidated church dedicated to St. Peter; in Bari, he preached with great efficacy; eventually founded a Benedictine monastery of which he was the first abbot
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/20/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for June 19, 2024
    • Wednesday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Romuald, 950-1027; after seeing his father kill a relative in a duel, he fled to a monastery; after three years, he was asked to leave; for thirty years, he founded monasteries and hermitages across Italy; he was falsely accused of a crime, and was excommunicated--an unjust punishment which he endured for six months; in later life, his father became a monk, and was encouraged by his son
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 6/19/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 6: 1-6, 16-18
    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…