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Daybreak for February 26, 2022

February 26, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Isabel of France, 1225-1270; sister of St. Louis, daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile; refused marriage to live a life of virginity consecrated to God; founded the Franciscan Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Paris Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/26/22 Gospel: Mark 10:13-16

Daybreak for February 25, 2022

February 25, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Walburga, 710-779; sister of St. Willibald and Winebald; became a nun, and was sent to Germany to assist St. Boniface; later became abbess of the double monastery at Heidenheim founded by her brother Winebald; after Winebald's death, she served as superior of both the men and women until her death Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/22 Gospel: Mark 10:1-12

Daybreak for February 24, 2022

February 24, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Adela, 1067-1137; youngest daughter of William the Conqueror; famed for endowing churches and monastic institutions Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/24/22 Gospel: Mark 9:41-50

Daybreak for February 23, 2022

February 23, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Polycarp, 69-155, bishop and martyr; disciple of St. John the Apostle, friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch; martyred in the Smyrna stadium at the age of 86 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/23/22 Gospel: Mark 9:38-40

Daybreak for February 22, 2022

February 22, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, commemorating Christ's choosing Peter to sit in his place as the servant-authority of the whole Church Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/22/22 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19

Daybreak for February 21, 2022

February 21, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian, 988-1072; bishop and doctor of the Church; left his teaching duties to devote his life to prayer with the Benedictines; as abbot, he founded five additional hermitages; as cardinal-bishop of Ostia, he fought simony--the buying of church offices--and encouraged priests to live holy lives Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/22 Gospel: Mark 9:14-29

Daybreak for February 20, 2022

February 20, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/20/22 Gospel: Luke 6:27-38

Daybreak for February 19, 2022

February 19, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Barbatus of Benevento, 610-682; ordained in Marcona, and sent to Benevento; when the seige of the city by the Byzantine emperor ceased, he was named bishop of Benevento; attended the Council of Constantinople in 680 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/22 Gospel: Mark 9:2-13

Daybreak for February 18, 2022

February 18, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Flavian of Constantinople; patriarch of Constantinople beginning in about 446; started the condemnation of Eutyches, who began the heresy of Monophysitism; deposed, exiled, and beaten; mortally wounded, and died 449 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/18/22 Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1

Daybreak for February 17, 2022

February 17, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of the Seven Founders of the Servite Order; began in 1240; members combined monastic life and active ministry; members of the community came to the United States in 1852 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/17/22 Gospel: Mark 8:27-33

Daybreak for February 16, 2022

February 16, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Onesimus; companion of St. Paul; escaped slave who Paul sent back to his master, Philemon, encouraging the latter to treat him as a brother; also mentioned as the companion of Tychicus, who carried Paul's letter to the Colossians; died about 68 A.D.

Daybreak for February 15, 2022

February 15, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Claude de Colombiere, 1641-1682; friend and confessor of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque; served as superior of a small Jesuit residence in Burgundy; he was then sent to England to serve as confessor to the Duchess of York; due to tensions against Catholics, Claude was imprisoned and banished, but his health was ruined Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/15/22 Gospel: Mark 8:14-21

Daybreak for February 14, 2022

February 14, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saints Cyril (827-869) and Methodius (815-884); brothers who evangelized the Slavic peoples; they translated the Gospels, the psalter, Paul's letters, and the liturgical books into Slavonic, and composed a Slavonic liturgy Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/14/22 Gospel: Mark 8:11-13

Daybreak for February 13, 2022

February 13, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/13/22 Gospel: Luke 6:17, 20-26

Daybreak for February 11, 2022

February 11, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes; the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858, with a message of conversion and penance; the apparitions were confirmed by Church authorities in 1862, and the feast became worldwide in 1907 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/22/22 Gospel: Mark 7:31-37

Daybreak for February 10, 2022

February 10, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Scholastica, 480-542; twin sister of St. Benedict; founded a religious community for women near her brother's monastery; she and her brother visited annually; on their final visit, Benedict refused to stay for the night, so Scholastica prayed to God, who sent a severe thunderstorm Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/10/22 Gospel: Mark 7:24-30

Daybreak for February 9, 2022

February 09, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Alto; Eighth Century hermit and missionary; founded an abbey in Bavaria; St. Boniface came in 750 to dedicate the abbey church; Alto died in 760 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/9/22 Gospel: Mark 7:14-23

Daybreak for February 8, 2022

February 08, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Jerome Emiliani, 1486-1537; irreligious soldier who spent time in prison and learned to pray; on his escape, began studying for the priesthood; cared for the sick and hungry during famine in northern Italy; founded the Clerks Regular of Somasca in 1532; died of a disease contracted while tending the sick Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/8/22 Gospel: Mark 7:1-13

Daybreak for February 7, 2022

February 07, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Luke the Younger; tried to become a religious, but was arrested as an escaped slave; finally became a hermit on Mount Joannitsa, near Corinth; revered for his holiness and miracles; died 946 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/7/22 Gospel: Mark 6:53-56

Daybreak for February 6, 2022

February 06, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/6/22 Gospel: Luke 5:1-11

Daybreak for February 5, 2022

February 05, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Agatha, 230-251; very little is known of her with certainty, excep that she was martyred in Sicily during the persecution of Emperor Decius; patroness of both Palermo and Catania Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/5/22 Gospel: Mark 6:30-34

Daybreak for February 4, 2022

February 04, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MB

Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Andrew Corsini, 1302-1374; wild as a youth, he was converted and became a Carmelite monk; known as the Apostle of Florence, a prophet, and a miracle worker; named bishop of Fiesole in 1349 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/4/22 Gospel: Mark 6:14-29

Daybreak for February 3, 2022

February 03, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Blaise; a good bishop, but as persecution continued in Armenia, he fled to the back country and lived as a hermit; as hunters took him to prison, he was approached by a mother with a young son who had a fish bone stuck in his throat--which was remedied by St. Blaise; Blaise was tortured and executed in 316 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/3/22 Gospel: Mark 6:7-13

Daybreak for February 2, 2022

February 02, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/2/22 Gospel: Luke 2:22-40

Daybreak for February 1, 2022

February 01, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Brigid of Ireland, 451-525; born into slavery; unable to keep from feeding the poor and healing them; patroness of Ireland, dairymaids, cattle, midwives, Irish nuns, and newborn babies Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/1/22 Gospel: Mark 5:21-43

Daybreak for January 31, 2022

January 31, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. John Bosco, 1815-1888; known for his work with young boys; founded the Salesians in 1859 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/31/22 Gospel: Mark 5:1-20

Daybreak for January 30, 2022

January 30, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/30/22 Gospel: Luke 4:21-30

Daybreak for January 29, 2022

January 29, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Saturday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Dallan; kinsman of St. Edan of Ferns; became blind, theoretically, because of his hard work studying; wrote a poem in honor of St. Columba, and when it was published after Columba's death, Dallan's sight was restored; Dallan was murdered by pirates in 598 A.D.

Daybreak for January 28, 2022

January 28, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274; preeminent spokesman of the Catholic tradition of reason and of divine revelation; the unity harmony, and continuity of faith and reason, of revealed and natural human knowledge, pervades his writings Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/28/22 Gospel: Mark 4:26-34

Daybreak for January 27, 2022

January 27, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici, 1474-1540; founded the first teaching congregation of women, and founded the first of what are now called "secular institutes" in the Church Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/27/22 Gospel: Mark 4:21-25

Daybreak for January 26, 2022

January 26, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus; both companions of St. Paul; Timothy was with Paul at the founding of the Church in Corinth; Titus was the administrator of the Christian community on the island of Crete; both died about 95 A.D. Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/26/22 Gospel: Mark 4:1-20

Daybreak for January 25, 2022

January 25, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul Tuesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/25/22 Gospel: Mark 16:15-18

Daybreak for January 24, 2022

January 24, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, 1567-1622; became provost and the bishop of Geneva, a center for Calvinists, whom Francis sought to convert, with much success; for his writings, he was named patron of the Catholic press; worked with St. Jane Frances de Chantal to establish the Sisters of the Visitation Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/24/22 Gospel: Mark 3:22-30

Daybreak for January 23, 2022

January 23, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/23/22 Gospel: Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21

Daybreak for January 22, 2022

January 22, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children Saturday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/22/22 Gospel: Mark 3:20-21

Daybreak for January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr; legend holds that she was a beautiful young girl, and was reported by a would-be suitor for being a Christian; she was arrested and confined to a house of prostitution; she was condemned, executed, and buried near Rome Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/21/22 Gospel: Mark 3:13-19

Daybreak for January 20, 2022

January 20, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Fabian; Eusebius relates that Fabian visited Rome during a papal election, and a dove rested on him, which was seen as a sign, and he was elected pope; he built up the structure of the Church of Rome, appointed seven deacons, and helped to collect the acts of the martyrs; died 250 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/20/22 Gospel: Mark 3:7-12

Daybreak for January 19, 2022

January 19, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Wulfstan, 1008-1095; bishop of Worcester, England; after the Norman conquest, he was the lone bishop to be kept in his post by William the Conqueror; struggled to alleviate the harsh decrees of the Normans upon the defeated Saxons Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/19/22 Gospel: Mark 3:1-6

Daybreak for January 18, 2022

January 18, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Margaret of Hungary, 1242-1271; joined the Dominicans in a royal convent on an island in the Danube; as a princess among nuns of noble heritage, she refused special treatment, and performed the most menial tasks Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/18/22 Gospel: Mark 2:23-28

Daybreak for January 17, 2022

January 17, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Anthony of Egypt, 251-356; gave up his inheritance, and spent most of his life in solitude; attracted many people for spiritual healing and guidance; founded a monastery of "scattered cells"; hoped to be a martyr in the Roman persecution of 311; fought the Arian heresy; died at 105 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer forr 1/17/22 Gospel: Mark 2:18-22

Daybreak for January 16, 2021

January 16, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/16/22 Gospel: John 2:1-11

Daybreak for January 15, 2022

January 15, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Arnold Jansen, 1837-1909; born in Germany; founded the Society of the Divine Word in 1875, to provide priests and lay brothers for the missions; founded the Servant Sisters of the Holy Ghost for the missions in 1889 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/15/22 Gospel: Mark 2:13-17

Daybreak for January 14, 2022

January 14, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Felix of Nola, Third Century; ordained by Bishop St. Maximus, and became his assistant; imprisoned during Decius' persecution; chosen bishop on Maximus' death, but declined, and lived on a small piece of land, sharing what he had with the poor; miracles were reported at his tomb Office of Readings and Morning Prayer forr 1/14/22 Gospel: Mark 2:1-12

Daybreak for January 13, 2022

January 13, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Hilary of Poitiers, 315-368; battled the heresy of Arianism, and was exiled for his defense of the faith; when he sought public debate with the heretical bishop who had exiled him, the Arians pleaded with the emperor to "send this troublemaker back home," to Poitiers, where he was welcomed Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/13/22 Gospel: Mark 1:40-45

Daybreak for January 12, 2022

January 12, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Aelred of Rievaulx, 1110-1167; Cestercian abbot of Rievaulx; wrote "The Mirror of Charity" at the request of Bernard of Clairvaux Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/12/22 Gospel: Mark 1:29-39

Daybreak for January 11, 2022

January 11, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Paulinus of Aquileia, 726-804; with the intervention of Charlemagne, he was chosen archbishop of Aquilieia in 787; he was a zealous defender of the faith, refuting the heresy of Adoptionism; he reiterated the Church's Trinitarian teaching of the procession of the Holy Spirit from both the Father and the Son; and he stressed the need to seek to please God in all our actions Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/11/22 G...

Daybreak for January 10, 2022

January 10, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Monday of the First Week of Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Marcian; lived in the Fifth Century; from a Roman family of Constantinople; ordained 455 A.D., and was the treasurer of Hagia Sophia; composed hymns, and was a miracle worker Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/10/22 Gospel: Mark 1:14-20

Daybreak for January 9, 2022

January 09, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord - Final Day of the Christmas season Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/9/22 Gospel: Luke 3:15-16, 21-22

Daybreak for January 8, 2022

January 08, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MB

Saturday after Epiphany Saint of the Day: St. Apollinaris; Second Century bishop who wrote a defense of the faith to the emperor, Marcus Aurelius; he reminded the emperor of the favor he had received from God--water for his perishing Twelfth Legion--through the prayers of the Christian soldiers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/8/22 Gospel: John 3:22-30

Daybreak for January 7, 2022

January 07, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MB

Friday after Epiphany Optional Memorial of St. Raymond of Pennafort, 1175-1275; born in Spain, a relative of the King of Aragon; finished studies early and became a teacher, but gave it up to join the Dominicans; along with King James of Aragon and St. Peter Nolasco, he founded the Order of Our Lady of Ransom, who were devoted to saving poor Christians captured by Moors Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 1/7/22 Gospel: Luke 5:12-16

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