Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for May 29, 2024
    • Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Maximinus of Trier; became bishop of Trier in 332, and gave refuge to St. Athanasius in 336; also helped to protect St. Paul, the patriarch of Constantinople; Maximinus opposed the Arian heretics at councils at Milan, Sardica, and Cologne; he was a known miracle worker and apologist for orthodox Catholicism; died in 347
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/29/24
    • Gospel: Mark 10:32-45
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 28, 2024
    • Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Bernard of Montjoux, 923-1008; likely born in Italy; became a priest, then vicar general of Aosta; spent more than four decades doing missionary work in the Alps; best known for two Alpine hospices he built to aid lost travelers in the mountain passes named Great and Little Bernard, after him; patron of mountaineers, skiers, and the Alps
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/28/24
    • Gospel: Mark 10:28-31
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 27, 2024
    • Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Memorial Day in the U.S.
    • Optional Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury; traveled from Rome to England to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons; King Ethelbert set up a residence for Augustine and his monks in Canterbury, and was, himself, baptized a year later; Augustine heeded the missionary principles given him by Pope Gregory--purify rather than destroy pagan temples and customs, let pagan rites and festivals be transformed into Christian feasts, and retain local customs as far as possible; Augustine is known as the "Apostle of England." He died in 605
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/27/24
    • Gospel: Mark 10:17-27
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 25, 2024
    • Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Bede the Venerable, 672-735; entrusted to the care of the abbot of the monastery of St. Paul, Jarrow, at an early age; well-versed in natural philosophy, the philosophical principles of Aristotle, astronomy, arithmetic, grammar, ecclesiastical history, the lives of the saints and especially, Holy Scripture; composed 45 books, including 30 commentaries on books of the Bible; died in 735, praying the "Glory be"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/25/24
    • Gospel: Mark 10:13-16
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 24, 2024
    • Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. David I of Scotland, 1080-1153; youngest son of Queen Margaret, succeeded his brother to the throne in 1124; known for his generosity to the poor; he also endowed the founding of dioceses and monasteries; as he neared death, he devoted himself to reading the Psalms with those at his bedside; he died at dawn on May 24, 1153
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/24/24
    • Gospel: Mark 10:1-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 23, 2024
    • Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
    • Saint of the Day: St. Crispin of Viterbo,1668-1750; studied at the Jesuit college, and became a shoemaker; joined the Franciscan Capuchins at age 25, where he served as gardener and cook, calling himself "the little beast of burden of the Capuchins"; through his intercession, there were many miraculous cures during a pandemic; he was also venerated for his prophecies and spiritual wisdom
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/23/24
    • Gospel: Mark 9:41-50
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 22, 2024
    • Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia, 1381-1457; born in central Italy, and pressured to marry a harsh man; she bore and raised two sons; after her husband was killed in a brawl and her sons had died, she joined the Augustinian nuns in Cascia, where her austerity, prayerfulness, and charity became legendary; along with St. Jude, she is known as a saint of hopeless cases
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/22/24
    • Gospel: Mark 9:38-40
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 21, 2024
    • Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
    • Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes, 1869-1927, and companions; Fr. Magallanes was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War in Mexico, after the trumped up charge of inciting rebellion
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/21/24
    • Gospel: Mark 9:30-37
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 20, 2024
    • Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
    • Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/20/24
    • Gospel: John 19:25-34
    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…