Daybreak
1,872 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsDaybreak™ 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’s teachings, writing of the saints, and more.
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Daybreak for December 29, 2022
December 29, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFifth Day of Christmas Optional Memorial of St. Thomas Becket, 1118-1170; friend of King Henry II; became chancellor of England at the age of 36, then archbishop of Canterbury; but Henry insisted on usurping Church rights; Thomas fled to France for safety and remained in exile for seven years; he returned, and refused to remit censures on bishops favored by the king; Henry cried out, "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?"; four knights took Henry's words as his wish, and killed T...
Daybreak for December 28, 2022
December 28, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFeast of the Holy Innocents; Herod became troubled when the Magi inquired about "the newborn king of the Jews"; he ordered the massacre of all boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under Fourth Day of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/28/22 Gospel: Matthew 2:13-18
Daybreak for December 27, 2022
December 27, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFeast of St. John, 6-100; apostle and evangelist; "the disciple whom Jesus loved"; author of the fourth Gospel, and considered the author of three New Testament letters and the Book of Revelation; his Gospel is the Gospel of Jesus' glory Third Day in the Octave of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/27/22 Gospel: John 20:1-8
Daybreak for December 26, 2022
December 26, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFeast of St. Stephen, first martyr; a man "filled with grace and power"; one of the first deacons; some Jews debated with him, but were no match; he was charged with blasphemy, and was stoned to death in about 36 A.D. Second Day of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/25/22 Gospel: Matthew 10:17-22
Daybreak for December 25, 2022
December 25, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSolemnity of Christmas Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/25/22 Gospel: Luke 2:1-14
Daybreak for December 24, 2022
December 24, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the Fourth Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Emiliana; one of three aunts of St. Gregory the Great; received a vision from her sister Tarsilla--who had died on Christmas Eve--to join her in heaven for the Epiphany Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/24/22 Gospel: Luke 1:67-79
Daybreak for December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the Fourth Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. John of Kanty, 1390-1473; born in Poland, ordained a priest and became professor of theology; eventually, he was sent to be a parish priest, where he won his people's hearts; returned to Krakow, and taught scripture for the remainder of his life; a serious man and humble, but known to all of the poor of Krakow for his kindness Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/23/22 Gospel: Luke 1:57-66
Daybreak for December 22, 2022
December 22, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday of the Fourth Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Zeno; martyred soldier at Nicomedia (modern-day Turkey); he laughed while Diocletian sacrificed to a pagan god. Zeno had his jaws shattered, and then was beheaded in 303 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/22/22 Gospel: Luke 1:46-56
Daybreak for December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. Peter Canisius, 1521-1597; received a master's degree at the age of 19, and joined the Jesuits; following ordination, he became known for his editions of the writings of St. Cyril of Alexandria and St. Leo the Great; attended the Council of Trent; sent on a mission to Germany, where he taught in several universities, and helped establish many colleges and seminaries Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/21/22 Gospel: ...
Daybreak for December 20, 2022
December 20, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Dominic of Silos, 1000-1073; became a Benedictine, and then abbot of the monastery; exiled by King Gacia III of Navarre for refusing to surrender Benedictine lands to the crown; assisted by King Ferdinand I of Castile and Leon, who made him abbot of St. Sebasitan Abbey at Silos, now called St. Dominic's; he reformed the abbey, and rescued Christian slaves from the Moors; noted for miracles of healing Office of Readings and Morning...
Daybreak for December 19, 2022
December 19, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the Fourth Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Anastasius I, 340-401; one of the first to condemn the works of Origen; also urged the Church in North Afriday to continue its struggle against Donatism Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/19/22 Gospel: Luke 1:5-25
Daybreak for December 18, 2022
December 18, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBFourth Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/18/22 Gospel: Matthew 1:18-24
Daybreak for December 17, 2022
December 17, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the Third Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. John of Martha, 1160-1213; founded the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, to ransom Christian captives from the Moslems; the order spread to France, Spain, Italy, and England, sent many of its members to North Africa, and redeemed many prisoners; John died in Rome Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/17/22 Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17
Daybreak for December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the Third Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Adelaide, 932-999; born in Burgundy, married at 15 or 16, widowed, and imprisoned by her husband's usurper; escaped to Canossa, where she was helped by Otto of Germany, who married her; she established many monasteries and churches Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/16/22 Gospel: John 5:33-36
Daybreak for December 15, 2022
December 15, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday of the Third Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa, 1813-1855; left school at 17 to manager her widowed father's household; she was attracted to the convent, and took care of spiritual needs of young girls working in her father's mills; worked in a Brescia hospital during the 1836 cholera epidemic; founded a home for girls and a school for deaf-mutes; became superior of the Handmaids of Charity of Brescia Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/15/22 ...
Daybreak for December 14, 2022
December 14, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday of the Third Week of Advent Memorial of St. John of the Cross, 1542-1591; Carmelite priest who, with St. Teresa of Avila, set about reforming the Carmelite order; he experienced opposition, misunderstanding, persecution, and imprisonment; known especially for the "Spiritual Canticle" and "Ascent of Mount Carmel" Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/14/22 Gospel: Luke 7:18-23
Daybreak for December 13, 2022
December 13, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the Third Week of Advent Memorial of St. Lucy, 283-304; a disappointed suitor accused her--accurately--of being a Christian, and she was executed in Syracuse, Sicily; Lucy is the patroness of eyesight Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/13/22 Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32
Daybreak for December 12, 2022
December 12, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFeast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Monday of the Third Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/12/22 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
Daybreak for December 11, 2022
December 11, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBThird Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/11/22 Gospel: Matthew 12:2-11
Daybreak for December 10, 2022
December 10, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the Second Week of Advent Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Loreto, referring to the house in which Mary was born and raised, and in which the angel Gabriel visited her; tradiiton holds that angels miraculous transported the house from Palestine to Loreto, Italy, in the 13th Century Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/10/22 Gospel: Matthew 17:9-13
Daybreak for December 9, 2022
December 09, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the Second Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. Juan Diego, 1474-1548; forever linked with Our Lady of Guadalupe, for it was to him that she appeared; he later lived near the shrine constructed at Mount Tepeyac, revered as a holy, unselfish, compassionate catechist Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/9/22 Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19
Daybreak for December 8, 2022
December 08, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBSolemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854 that the Blessed Virgin was preserved from the stain of original sin from the moment of her conception Thursday of the Second Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/8/22 Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
Daybreak for December 7, 2022
December 07, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday of the Second Week of Advent Memorial of St. Ambrose, 337-397; bishop and doctor of the Church; widely admired and disliked; responsible for the conversion of St. Augustine of Hippo; an otherworldly man involved in the great issues of his day Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/7/22 Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
Daybreak for December 6, 2022
December 06, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the Second Week of Advent Optional Memorial of St. Nicholas, 270-343; bishop of Myra, in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor; reputed to have secretly delivered gold to a poor man so that his daughters would have dowries, and be able to marry; the basis of the modern day Santa Claus Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/6/22 Gospel: Matthew 18:12-14
Daybreak for December 5, 2022
December 05, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the Second Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Gerald; appointed choir director of the Cathedral of Toledo, Spain, in the 11th Century; later selected as bishop of Braga, where he eradicated abuses; died December 5, 1109 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/5/22 Gospel: Luke 5:17-26
Daybreak for December 4, 2022
December 04, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSecond Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/4/22 Gospel: Matthew 3:1-12
Daybreak for December 3, 2022
December 03, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the First Week of Advent Memorial of St. Francis Xavier, 1506-1552; brought to Christ by Ignatius of Loyola, and joined the Jesuits; spent 10 years at Goa, India, bringing the faith to Hindus, Malayans, and Japanese; wanted to go to China, but died before reaching the mainland Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/3/22 Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:1, 5-8
Daybreak for December 2, 2022
December 02, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the First Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Bibiana; Fourth Century virgin and martyr of the persecution of Apronianus; she and her sister were stripped of possessions and left to suffer poverty, but they spent their time in prayer and fasting; Apronianus summoned them, and Bibiana's sister Demetria confessed her faith and fell dead; Bibiana was sentenced to scourging until she died Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/2/22 Gospel: Matthew 9:27-31
Daybreak for December 1, 2022
December 01, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday of the First Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Edmund Campion, 1540-1581; Protestant convert to the Catholic faith; became a Jesuit, and was ordained a priest; preached up to three times per day in England, traveling by horseback; captured in 1581, tortured, and executed Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 12/1/22 Gospel: Matthew 7:21, 24-27
Daybreak for November 30, 2022
November 30, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFeast of St. Andrew, apostle; brother of Simon Peter; legend says the he preached in what is now modern Greece and Turkey, and was crucified at Patras on an X-shaped cross, about 60 A.D. Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/30/22 Gospel: Matthew 4:18-22
Daybreak for November 29, 2022
November 29, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the First Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. Radbod of Utrecht, 850-917; great grandson of the last paga King of Friesland, Holland; became bishop of Utrecht in 900; know for his aid to the poor, and for his poetry; forced to move his see to France, due to invasion by the Danes, and died there Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/29/22 Gospel: Luke 10:21-24
Daybreak for November 28, 2022
November 28, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the First Week of Advent Saint of the Day: St. James of the Marche, 1394-1476; joined the Friars Minor, and studied with St. John of Capistrano; preached all over Italy and through 13 central and eastern European countries; established nonprofit credit organizations which lent money on pawned objects at low rates, making him one of the fathers of the modern pawnshop Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/28/22 Gospel: Matthew 8:5-11
Daybreak for November 27, 2022
November 27, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBFirst Sunday of Advent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/27/22 Gospel: Matthew 24:37-44
Daybreak for November 26, 2022
November 26, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. John Berchmans, 1599-1621; born in what is now the Netherlands; entered the Jesuit college in 1615; in 1618, he was sent to Rome to continue his studies; he was known for his diligence and piety; John died in Rome in 1621; patron saint of altar servers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/26/22 Gospel: Luke 21:34-36
Daybreak for November 25, 2022
November 25, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria; at the age of 18, she debated 50 pagan philosophers, who all became Christians, along with 200 soldiers and members of the emperor's family--all were martyred; Catherine was to be executed on a spiked wheel which she touched, and it shattered, so she was beheaded in 310 A.D.; patroness of students, teachers, librarians, and lawyers; one of the 14 Holy Helpers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer fo...
Daybreak for November 24, 2022
November 24, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Thanksgiving Day in the United States Memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac and companions, the Vietnamese martyrs; St. Andrew of one of 117 people martyred in Vietname between 1820 and 1862; others gave their lives for christ in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/24/22 Gospel: Luke 17:11-19
Daybreak for November 23, 2022
November 23, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, 1891-1927; joined the Jesuits in 1911, but fled to Spain to avoid religious persecution; ordained in Belgium in 1925; returned to Mexico, serving a Church forced to go underground; he celebrated the eucharist clandestinely, and ministered other sacraments to small groups of Catholics; arrested on trumped-up charges of attempting to assassinate the president of Mexico; died by firing squad November ...
Daybreak for November 22, 2022
November 22, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr; legend has it that her fiancé, Valerian, was martyred along with his brother. Cecilia was struck three times on the neck with a sword, and lived for three days; she asked the pope to convert her home into a church; died about 230 A.D.; patroness of musicians Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/22/22 Gospel: Luke 21:5-11
Daybreak for November 21, 2022
November 21, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the 34th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/21/22 Gospel: Luke 21:1-4
Daybreak for November 20, 2022
November 20, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSolemnity of Christ the King Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/20/22 Gospel: Luke 23:35-43
Daybreak for November 19, 2022
November 19, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Raphael Kalinowski, 1835-1907; Discalced Carmelite friar, priest, teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, and royal tutor; founded many monasteries around Poland after the suppression by the Russians Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/19/22 Gospel: Luke 20:27-40
Daybreak for November 18, 2022
November 18, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of the Dedication of the Churches of St. Peter and St. Paul in Rome; both basilicas are built over the burial sites of their respective namesakes Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/18/22 Gospel: Luke 19:45-48
Daybreak for November 17, 2022
November 17, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, 1207-1231; married Louis of Thuringia, and bore him three children; led a life of prayer, sacrifice, and service to the poor and sick; Louis died in the Crusades, and Elizabeth joined the Secular Franciscan Order; she cared for the poor in a hospital which she had founded; died before her 24th birthday Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/17/22 Gospel: Luke 19:41-44
Daybreak for November 16, 2022
November 16, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Margaret of Scotland, 1045-1093; when her family fled William the Conqueror, they were shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland; she married King Malcom in 1070; promoted the arts and education, encouraged synods, and participated in discussions on correcting religious abuses; she was always surrounded by beggars in public, and never refused them; died four days after her husband was killed in an attack on Alnwick Castle Of...
Daybreak for November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Albert the Great, 1206-1280; the "master" of St. Thomas Aquinas; a curious, honest, and diligent scholar; became a Dominican, and wrote a compendium of all knowledge; patron of scientists and philosophers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/15/22 Gospel: Luke 19:1-10
Daybreak for November 14, 2022
November 14, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Lawrence O'Toole, 1128-1180; born at Leinster, son of Murtagh, chief of the Murrays; taken hostage and surrendered to the bishop of Glendalough; became a monk, and was named archbishop of Dublin in 1161; negotiated with the invading English, convened a synod, and attended the General Lateran Council; named papal legate to Ireland Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/14/22 Gospel: Luke 18:35-43
Daybreak for November 13, 2022
November 13, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/13/22 Gospel: Luke 21:5-19
Daybreak for November 11, 2022
November 11, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBFriday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, 316-397; forced to join the army at age 15; became a Christian, and was discharged; became a monk under St. Hilary of Poitiers; founded what may have been the first monastery in France near Poitiers; reluctantly consecrated bishop of Tours Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/11/22 Gospel: Luke 17:26-37
Daybreak for November 10, 2022
November 10, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBThursday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Leo the Great, pope and doctor of the Churh; elected pope in 440; worked at containing heresies, dealing with doctrinal controversy in the Eastern Church, and led the defense of Rome against the barbarian attack; died 461 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/10/22 Gospel: Luke 17:20-25
Daybreak for November 9, 2022
November 09, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBFeast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, in Rome; the cathedral of the diocese of Rome, the "pope's church" Wednesday of the 32nd week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/9/22 Gospel: John 2:13-22