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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 1,868 episodes available.
August 06, 2023Daybreak for August 6, 2023 Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/6/23 Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9 ...more59minPlay
August 05, 2023Daybreak for August 5, 2023 Saturday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of the Dedication of St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome; first raised in the mid-4th Century, it has survived many restorations; one of the four "patriarchal churches" in memory of the first centers of the Church; the feast is also known as Our Lady of the Snows Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/5/23 Gospel: Matthew 14:1-12 ...more1hPlay
August 04, 2023Daybreak for August 4, 2023 Friday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. John Vianney, the Curé d'Ars, 1786-1859; a poor student, but he was determined to be a priest; his work as a confessor is his most remarkable accomplishment, spending up to 16 hours per day in the confessional; patron of parish priests worldwide Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/4/23 Gospel: Matthew 13:54-58 ...more52minPlay
August 03, 2023Daybreak for August 3, 2023 Thursday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Gamaliel; First Century rabbinical teacher, mentor of St. Paul; advised the Sanhedrin to release Peter and other apostles; reportedly became a Christian himself; mentioned in Chapter 5 of the Acts of the Apostles Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/3/23 Gospel: Matthew 13:37-53 ...more52minPlay
August 02, 2023Daybreak for August 2, 2023 Wednesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, 300-371; first recorded bishop of Vercelli in Piedmont, in northwest Italy; reluctantly participated in a council to settle Catholic-Arian troubles, and refused to go along with the condemnation of Saint Athanasius; exiled by the emperor, until a new emperor allowed him to return to Vercelli Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/2/23 Gospel: Matthew 13:44-46 ...more52minPlay
August 01, 2023Daybreak for August 1, 2023 Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, 1696-1787; born near Naples, and graduated in law at the age of 16; against much opposition, he was ordained a priest in 1726; in 1732, he founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, also known as the Redemptorists; appointed bishop of St. Agatha in 1756; retired, and died in his convent in 1787 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/1/23 Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43 ...more52minPlay
July 31, 2023Daybreak for July 31, 2023 Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, 1491-1556; during his recovery from war wounds, he read a life of Christ and lives of the saints, and was deeply touched; during his conversion, he began to write what would become "The Spiritual Exercises"; in 1534, Ignatius and six others began the Society of Jesus; Ignatius' spirituality is expressed in the Jesuit motto, Ad majorem Dei gloriam—“for the greater glory of God” Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/31/23 Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35 ...more52minPlay
July 30, 2023Daybreak for July 30, 2023 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/30/23 Gospel: Matthew 13:44-52 ...more1hPlay
July 29, 2023Daybreak for July 29, 2023 Saturday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus; siblings, close friends of Jesus, who stayed with them when he was in Bethany; when Jesus told Martha, "I am the resurrection and the life," she responded, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world’"; legends abound about Lazarus, including one which holds that he wrote an account of what he witnessed in the next world before being brought back to life Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/29/23 Gospel: John 11:19-27 ...more1hPlay
July 28, 2023Daybreak for July 28, 2023 Friday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St, Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, 1920-1946; Franciscan religious sister; the first native of India to be canonized a saint, and the first saint of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church of the Saint Thomas Christian community Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 7/28/23 Gospel: Matthew 13:18-23 ...more52minPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,868 episodes available.