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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 Father’... more
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,961 episodes available.
February 09, 2024Daybreak for February 9, 2024 Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Alto; Eighth Century hermit and missionary of Irish or Anglo-Saxon descent, who lived in a simple hut in the wild lands of Germany; King Pepin gave him a parcel of land on which Alto built an abbey; the monastery was ravaged by the Huns, but was restored in 1000 as a Benedictine house; it was taken over by the Brigittines in the Fifteenth Century; Also died in 760 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/9/24 Gospel: Mark 7:31-37 ...more1hPlay
February 08, 2024Daybreak for February 8, 2024 Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Jerome Emiliani, 1486-1537; ill-mannered soldier of the city-state of Venice; arrested, and while in prison, learned to pray; returned to Venice, took charge of the education of his nephews, and began studying for the priesthood; after his ordination, plague and famine swept northern Italy, and Jerome cared for the sick and fed the hungry; he also founded three orphanages, a shelter for penitent prostitutes and a hospital; founded the Clerks Regular of Somasca, dedicated to the care of orphans and the education of youth; died of an illness contracted when caring for the sick Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/8/24 Gospel: Mark 6:30-34 ...more1hPlay
February 07, 2024Daybreak for February 7, 2024 Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Luke the Younger; Tenth Century hermit and wonder-worker whose solitary hermitage in Thessaly, Greece, became known as the Soterion, "the place of healing"; became a hermit on Mount Joannitsa. near Corinth; revered for his holiness and miracles Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/7/24 Gospel: Mark 7:14-23 ...more1hPlay
February 06, 2024Daybreak for February 6, 2024 Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Paul Miki and companions, the Japanese martyrs; in 1597, 26 martyrs of Japan were crucified on a hill overlooking Nagasaki; included was Brother Paul Miki, a Jesuit and native of Japan; from his cross, he forgave his persecutors; when missionaries returned to Japan in the 1860's, they found that thousands of Christians lived around Nagasaki and that they had secretly preserved the faith Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/6/24 Gospel: Mark 7:1-13 ...more1hPlay
February 05, 2024Daybreak for February 5, 2024 Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Agatha, 230-251; arrested as a Christian in the persecution of Decius, and sent to a house of prostitution to be mistreated; she was preserved from being violated, and was later put to death Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/5/24 Gospel: Mark 6:53-56 ...more52minPlay
February 04, 2024Daybreak for February 4, 2024 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/4/24 Gospel: Mark 1:29-39 ...more1hPlay
February 03, 2024Daybreak for February 3, 2024 Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Blaise; Fourth Century bishop of Sebastea, in Armenia; persecution raged in Armenia, and Blaise was forced to flee to the back country, where he lived as a hermit, and made friends with the wild animals; a group of hunters stumbled upon his cave, and found him kneeling in prayer surrounded by patiently waiting wolves, lions and bears; as they hauled him off to prison, a mother came with her young son who had a fish bone lodged in his throat. At Blaise’s command the child was able to cough up the bone--thus, the blessing of throats on this day; Blaise was eventually beheaded Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/3/24 Gospel: Mark 6:30-34 ...more1hPlay
February 02, 2024Daybreak for February 2, 2024 Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/2/24 Gospel: Luke2:22-40 ...more52minPlay
February 01, 2024Daybreak for February 1, 2024 Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Brigid of Ireland, 451-525; Brigid and her mother were slaves on a farm, but Brigid would give milk, eggs, and butter to the poor; eventually, they were given their freedom; Brigid founded the first convent in Ireland, as well as the first double monastery for monks and nuns, and a school of art; she is the patron of scholars, and of Ireland Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/1/24 Gospel: Mark 6:7-13 ...more52minPlay
January 31, 2024Daybreak for January 31, 2024 Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. John Bosco, 1815-1888; ordained in 1841; served as a chaplain in a hospice for working girls, and then opened the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales for boys; in 1854, he and his followers informally banded together, inspired by Saint Francis de Sales; in 1859 he and 17 men founded the Salesians; he later organized a group of Salesian sisters to assist girls Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/31/24 Gospel: Mark 6:1-6 ...more52minPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,961 episodes available.