Daybreak
1,847 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 24 hours 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 November 1, 2019
November 01, 2019 07:00Solemnity of All Saints Friday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 11/1/19 Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 All show notes at Daybreak for November 1, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 31, 2019
October 31, 2019 07:00Friday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Wolfgang of Regensburg, 924-994; Benedictine monk; became archbishop of Regensburg, and worked to reform clergy and religious life Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/31/19 Gospel: Luke 13:31-35 All show notes at Daybreak for October 31, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 30, 2019
October 30, 2019 07:00Wednesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Alphonsus Rodriguez, 1533-1617; widowed, and became a Jesuit; served as doorkeeper for 45 years at the Jesuit college in Majorca, Spain Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/30/19 Gospel: Luke 13:22-30 All show notes at Daybreak for October 30, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 29, 2019
October 29, 2019 07:00Tuesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Abraham of Rostov, 11th Century; born in Gallica Russia; converted to Christianity after he was miraculously healed; as a monk, he built two parish churches, a monastery, and many institutions for the poor and suffering Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for […] All show notes at Daybreak for October 29, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019 07:00Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, apostles; Jude is the patron of lost causes; Simon was believed to belong to the Zealot party, a group which represented an extreme of Jewish nationalism Monday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/28/19 Gospel: Luke 6:12-16 All show notes at Daybreak for October 28, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 27, 2019
October 27, 2019 07:0030th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/27/19 Gospel: Luke 18:9-14 All show notes at Daybreak for October 27, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 26, 2019
October 26, 2019 07:00Saturday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Alfred the Great, 848-899; King of Wessex, scholar, renowned Christian monarch; patron of the arts, literature, and the Church Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/26/19 Gospel: Luke 13:1-9 All show notes at Daybreak for October 26, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 25, 2019
October 25, 2019 07:00Friday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Boniface I, died 422 A.D.; condemned Pelagiansim; patron of brewers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/25/19 Gospel: Luke 12:54-59 All show notes at Daybreak for October 25, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 24, 2019
October 24, 2019 07:00Thursday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret, 1807-1870; founder of the Claretians; archbishop of Santiago de Cuba, 1850-57; participated in the First Vatican Council Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/24/19 Gospel: Luke 12:49-53 All show notes at Daybreak for October 24, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019 07:00Wednesday of the 29th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. John of Capistrano, 1386-1456; preached throughout Italy, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Russia; established numerous reformed Franciscan communities; led a crusade against invading Turks in 1456; patron of jurists Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/23/19 Gospel: Luke 12:39-48 All show notes at Daybreak for October 23, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 22, 2019
October 22, 2019 07:00Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II, 1920-2005; promoted ecumenical and interfaith initiatives; visited Rome’s main synagogue and the Western Wall in Jerusalem; established diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel; encouraged the growth of the Solidarity movement in Poland and the eventual collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe Tuesday of the […] All show notes at Daybreak for October 22, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 20, 2019
October 20, 2019 07:0029th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/20/19 Gospel: Luke 18:1-8 All show notes at Daybreak for October 20, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 19, 2019
October 19, 2019 07:00Memorial of Saints John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues, and companions; Jesuit martyrs of North America; worked among the Huron Indians; martyred by the Iroquois in 1649 Saturday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/19/19 Gospel: Luke 12:8-12 All show notes at Daybreak for October 19, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 18, 2019
October 18, 2019 07:00Feast of St. Luke, died about 84 A.D.; wrote a large portion of the New Testament, his Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles; accompanied Paul on some of his journeys Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/18/19 Gospel: Luke 10:1-9 All show notes at Daybreak for October 18, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 17, 2019
October 17, 2019 07:00Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, died 107 A.D.; condemned to death as a Christian; famous for seven letters he wrote on the way to his execution; died in the Circus Maximus Thursday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/17/19 Gospel: Luke 11:47-54 All show notes at Daybreak for October 17, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 16, 2019
October 16, 2019 07:00Wednesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Hedwig, 1174-1243; aunt of St. Elizabeth of Hungary; married to Duke Henry of Silesia; after Henry’s death, became a Cistercian Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/16/19 Gospel: Luke 11:42-46 All show notes at Daybreak for October 16, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 15, 2019
October 15, 2019 07:00Memorial of St. Teresa of Avila, 1515-1582; a woman of prayer, discipline, and compassion; along with St. John of the Cross, a reformer of the Carmelite order Tuesday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/15/19 Gospel: Luke 11:37-41 All show notes at Daybreak for October 15, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 14, 2019
October 14, 2019 07:00Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Callistus I, died 223 A.D.; supervised the Christian cemetery, still called the Cemetery of St. Callistus; elected pope, and was opposed by Hippolytus, who became the first antipope; martyred during a disturbance in Rome Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/14/19 Gospel: […] All show notes at Daybreak for October 14, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 13, 2019
October 13, 2019 07:0028th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/13/19 Gospel: Luke 17:11-19 All show notes at Daybreak for October 13, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 12, 2019
October 12, 2019 07:00Saturday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Edwin of Northumbria, 586-633; a good king, baptized in 627; died in battle Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/12/19 Gospel: Luke 11:27-28 All show notes at Daybreak for October 12, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 11, 2019
October 11, 2019 07:00Friday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Pope St. John XXIII, 1881-1963; convened the Second Vatican Council in 1962; known for his wit Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/11/19 Gospel: Luke 11:15-26 All show notes at Daybreak for October 11, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 10, 2019
October 10, 2019 07:00Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Francis Borgia, 1510-1572; gave up a career in the Spanish imperial court to join the Jesuits; helped to establish the Gregorian University in Rome; founded a dozen colleges; responsible for the founding of Jesuit missions in many parts of the world Office […] All show notes at Daybreak for October 10, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 9, 2019
October 09, 2019 07:00Wednesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of Saint Denis and companions; Denis was sent to Gaul (modern day France) by Pope St. Clement about 250 A.D.; the base of Denis’s missionary activity was the city of Lutetia Parisorium (modern day Paris), and he is thus regarded as the first bishop of […] All show notes at Daybreak for October 9, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 8, 2019
October 08, 2019 07:00Tuesday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Keyne; Fifth Century holy woman and hermitess who said to have traveled widely through what is now South Wales and Cornwall Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/8/19 Gospel: Luke 10:38-42 All show notes at Daybreak for October 8, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 7, 2019
October 07, 2019 07:00Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary; established by St. Pius V in 1573, in thanks for the victory of Christians over the Turks at Lepanto Monday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/7/19 Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 All show notes at Daybreak for October 7, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 6, 2019
October 06, 2019 07:0027th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/6/19 Gospel: Luke 17:5-10 All show notes at Daybreak for October 6, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 5, 2019
October 05, 2019 07:00Saturday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Saints of the Day: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, 1819-1867; worked among German and English speaking Catholics in the United States; and St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, 1905-1938; received revelations from Jesus about Divine Mercy Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/5/19 Gospel: Luke 10:17-24 All show notes at Daybreak for October 5, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 4, 2019
October 04, 2019 07:00Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226; took the gospel literally, by following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit, and without a sense of self-importance Friday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/4/19 Gospel: Luke 10:13-16 All show notes at Daybreak for October 4, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 3, 2019
October 03, 2019 07:00Thursday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Theodora Guerin, 1798-1856; foundress of the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/3/19 Gospel: Luke 10:1-12 All show notes at Daybreak for October 3, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 2, 2019
October 02, 2019 07:00Memorial of the Guardian Angels Wednesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/2/19 Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10 All show notes at Daybreak for October 2, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for October 1, 2019
October 01, 2019 07:00Memorial of St. Therese of Lisieux, 1873-1897; one of the most popular saints, known for her autobiography, “Story of a Soul”; proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1997 Tuesday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 10/1/19 Gospel: Luke 9:51-56 All show notes at Daybreak for October 1, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 30, 2019
September 30, 2019 07:00Memorial of St. Jerome, 345-420; Priest and Doctor of the Church; scripture scholar who translated the Bible into Latin, in what is now called the Vulgate Monday of the 26th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/30/19 Gospel: Luke 9:46-50 All show notes at Daybreak for September 30, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 29, 2019
September 29, 2019 07:0026th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/29/19 Gospel: Luke 16:19-31 All show notes at Daybreak for September 29, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 28, 2019
September 28, 2019 07:00Saturday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Wenceslaus, 907-929; worked for peace in Bohemia, but was murdered in 929; patron of the Bohemian people Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/28/19 Gospel: Luke 9:43-45 All show notes at Daybreak for September 28, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 27, 2019
September 27, 2019 07:00Memorial of St. Vincent de Paul, 1580-1660; led the Congregation of the Mission, also known as the Vincentians, in serving the poor; founded hospitals, collected relief funds for victims of war, ransomed 1,200 galley slaves from North Africa; patron of charitable societies Friday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning […] All show notes at Daybreak for September 27, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 26, 2019
September 26, 2019 07:00Optional Memorial of Saints Cosmas and Damian; Third Century Christian medical men who took no payment for their services; tortured in the persecution of Diocletian in 283; patrons of pharmacists Thursday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/26/19 Gospel: Luke 9:7-9 All show notes at Daybreak for September 26, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019 07:00Wednesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Albert of Jerusalem, 1149-1215; wrote a rule of life for the hermits on Mount Carmel, the beginnings of the Carmelite order; assassinated on his way to the Lateran council of 1215 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/25/19 Gospel: Luke 9:1-6 All show notes at Daybreak for September 25, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 24, 2019
September 24, 2019 07:00Tuesday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Rupert of Salzburg, 660-710; evangelized Bavaria; established the salt-mining industry, from whence comes the town name, Salzburg Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/24/19 Gospel: Luke 8:19-21 All show notes at Daybreak for September 24, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 23, 2019
September 23, 2019 07:00Memorial of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, 1887-1968; better known as Padre Pio; received the stigmata in 1918; heard confessions for up to ten hours per day Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/23/19 Gospel: Luke 8:16-18 All show notes at Daybreak for September 23, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 22, 2019
September 22, 2019 07:0025th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/22/19 Gospel: Luke 16:1-13 All show notes at Daybreak for September 22, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 21, 2019
September 21, 2019 07:00Feast of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist; former tax collector who responded to the Lord’s call; human author of the first Gospel Saturday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/21/19 Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13 All show notes at Daybreak for September 21, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019 07:00Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Pau Chong Hasang, and companions; the Korean martyrs of the 19th Century Friday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/20/19 Gospel: Luke 8:1-3 All show notes at Daybreak for September 20, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 19, 2019
September 19, 2019 07:00Thursday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Januarius, bishop and martyr; lived and died around 305 A.D.; patron of blood banks Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/19/19 Gospel: Luke 7:36-50 All show notes at Daybreak for September 19, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019 07:00Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Joseph of Cupertino, 1603-1663; Conventual Franciscan known for levitating in prayer Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/18/19 Gospel: Luke 7:31-35 All show notes at Daybreak for September 18, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 17, 2019
September 17, 2019 07:00Tuesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, 1542-1621; Jesuit who became a cardinal; spiritual father of St. Aloysius Gonzaga; helped St. Francis de Sales in getting formal approval of the Visitation order Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/17/19 Gospel: Luke 7:11-17 All show notes at Daybreak for September 17, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 15, 2019
September 15, 2019 07:0024th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/15/19 Gospel: Luke 15:1-32 All show notes at Daybreak for September 15, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 14, 2019
September 14, 2019 07:00Feast of the Triumph of the Cross; also known as the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Saturday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/14/19 Gospel: John 3:13-17 All show notes at Daybreak for September 14, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 13, 2019
September 13, 2019 07:00Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, 344-407; Bishop and Doctor of the Church; as bishop of Constantinople, he became one of the greatest lights of the Church Friday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/13/19 Gospel: Luke 6:39-42 All show notes at Daybreak for September 13, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019 07:00Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary Thursday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/12/19 Gospel: Luke 6:27-38 All show notes at Daybreak for September 12, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Daybreak for September 11, 2019
September 11, 2019 07:00Wednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. John Gabriel Perboyre, 1802-1840; became a priest in the aftermath of the French Revolution Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/11/19 Gospel: Luke 6:20-26 All show notes at Daybreak for September 11, 2019 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio