Daybreak
1,818 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 16 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 May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the Seventh Week of Easter Memorial of St. Philip Neri, 1515-1595; founder of the religious institute, The Oratory; an outstanding confessor, gifted with the knack of piercing the pretenses and illusions of others, in a charitable manner, and often with a joke; known for his sense of humor; one of the influential figures of the Counter-Reformation Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/26/23 Gospel: John 21:15-19
Daybreak for May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday of the Seventh Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Bede the Venerable, 673-735; spent most of his adult life in the monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow, England; wrote commentaries on the Pentateuch and various other books of the Bible, theological and scientific treatises, historical works, and biographies; he the patron of English writers and historians, and was the first to date events "Anno Domini" (A.D.) Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/25/23 Gospel: John 17:20-26
Daybreak for May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Joanna; wife of Chuza, steward of King Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee; she was one of the women who helped provide for Jesus and the apostles, and she was one of the three women who discovered the empty tomb Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/24/23 Gospel: John 17:11-19
Daybreak for May 23, 2023
May 23, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Crispin of Viterbo, 1668-1750; Franciscan Capuchin who served as gardener and cook; called himself "the little beast of burden of the Capuchins"; effected many miraculous cures during an epidemic; known for his prophecies and spiritual wisdom Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/23/23
Daybreak for May 22, 2023
May 22, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the Seventh Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia, 1381-1457; spent 18 years in an arranged marriage to a harsh man; Rita was widowed when her husband died in a brawl; tried to enter the Augustinians, but was refused; she was finally allowed entry in 1413, and became known for her austerity, devotion to prayer, and charity; she received visions and wounds on her forehead which resembled the crown of thorns Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/22/23 Gospe...
Daybreak for May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSolemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/21/23 Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20
Daybreak for May 20, 2023
May 20, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the Sixth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Bernardine of Siena, 1380-1444; Franciscan known for his devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus; the greatest preacher of his time, journeying across Italy, calming strife-torn cities, attacking paganism, and attracting crowds of 30,000 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/20/23 Gospel: John 16:23-28
Daybreak for May 19, 2023
May 19, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the Sixth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Theophilus of Corte, 1676-1740; born in Corsica of rich and noble parents; entered the Franciscans, was ordained, and assigned to a retreat house near Subiaco; inspired by the austere life lived there, he founded other houses in Corsica and Tuscany; became famous for his preaching and missionary efforts Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/19/23 Gospel:John 16:20-23
Daybreak for May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBSolemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/18/23 Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20
Daybreak for May 17, 2023
May 17, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Paschal Baylon, 1540-1592; Franciscan lay brother, known for rigorous asceticism and love for the Blessed Sacrament; on a mission to France, he debated the doctrine of the Real Presence against a Calvinist preacher; patron of Eucharistic congresses and Eucharistic associations Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/17/23 Gospel: John 16:12-15
Daybreak for May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Simon Stock, 1165-1265; accompanied a Carmelite community from the Holy Land to Europe, and founded many Carmelite communities; received an apparition from the Virgin Mary in 1251, in which she said, "Receive, my beloved son, this scapular of thy Order; it is the special sign of my favor, which I have obtained for the and for thy children of Mount Carmel. He who dies clothed with this habit shall be preserved from eternal fire." Of...
Daybreak for May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the Sixth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer, 1070-1130; born in Madrid, Spain, and spent most of his life as a laborer on a farm outside of the city; he was favored with celestial visions, and it is said that angels sometimes helped in his work; patron of farmers, and of the National Rural Life Conference in the United States Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/15/23 Gospel: John 15:26-16:4
Daybreak for May 14, 2023
May 14, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSixth Sunday of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/14/23 Gospel: John 14:15-21
Daybreak for May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBFriday of the Fifth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Saints Nereus and Achilleus; First Century martyrs, written of by Pope St. Damasus some 300 years after their deaths; they were soldiers in the Roman army, and converted by a "miracle of faith"; martyred, but by what means unknown Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/12/23 Gospel: John 15:12-17
Daybreak for May 11, 2023
May 11, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBThursday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Odilo of Cluny, 962-1049; born to a noble family in Auvergne, France; became a Benedictine in 990, and was elected abbot in 994; sold treasures of the Church to feed the poor during a famine in 1006; trusted advisor to popes and kings Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/11/23 Gospel: John 15:9-11
Daybreak for May 10, 2023
May 10, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBWednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Damien de Veuster of Molokai, 1840-1889; born in Belgium joined the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; went to the Hawaiian leper colony on Molokai in 1873, and remained permanently, caring for the people's physical, medical, and spiritual needs; contracted Hansen's disease himself, and died of its complications Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/10/23 Gospel: John 15:1-8
Daybreak for May 9, 2023
May 09, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBTuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Pachomius, 292-348; after his discharge from the emperor's army, he was baptized, and joined an anchorite, Palemon; the two build a monastery on the banks of the Nile, and in a short time some one hundred monks joined them; ten other monasteries were built for men, and two nunneries for women; before Pachomius' death, there were seven thousand monks in his houses; his order lasted in the East until the 11th Century Office of Readin...
Daybreak for May 8, 2023
May 08, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the Fifth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Victor Maurus; native of Mauretania; a Christian from his youth, but not arrested for the faith until he was an elderly man; tortured and executed under Maximian in Milan around 303 A.D.; a church was erected over his grave, and many miracles were reported at the shrine Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/8/23 Gospel: John 14:21-26
Daybreak for May 7, 2023
May 07, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBFifth Sunday of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/7/23 Gospel: John 14:1-12
Daybreak for May 6, 2023
May 06, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the Fourth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; joined the Benedictines in Brescia, italy; in 717 he was asked by Pope St. Gregory to examine the ruins of Monte Cassino, damaged by the Lombards in 580; he gathered the hermits who were living there and began rebuilding; he was elected abbot, and ruled Monte Cassino for three decades; known as the "second founder of Monte Cassino" Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/23 Gospel: John 14:7-14
Daybreak for May 5, 2023
May 05, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the Fourth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Hilary of Arles, 400-449; born of a noble family in Lorraine, France; joined St. Honoratus at Lerins Abbey; Honoratus became bishop of Arles, and when he died Hilary succeded him in 429; known for his austerities, aid to the poor, and ransoming captives Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/5/23 Gospel: John 14:1-6
Daybreak for May 4, 2023
May 04, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday of the Fourth Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. John Payne, 1532-1582; born in England, and was ordaine in Douai in 1576; he went back to England, and was arrested within a year; after release, he left England, but returned in 1579, and was again arrested after having been betrayed; he was imprisoned and tortured in the Tower of London, and finally condemned to death; one of the Martyrs of England and Wales Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/4/23 Gospel: John 13:16-20
Daybreak for May 3, 2023
May 03, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFeast of Saints Philip and James, apostles; little is known of James, the Son of Alphaeus, also known as "James the Lesser"; Philip came from Bethsaida, and took a long time to realize who Jesus was, as evidenced by his request, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied." Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/3/23 Gospel: John 14:6-14
Daybreak for May 2, 2023
May 02, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter Memorial of St. Athanasius, 296-373; became bishop of Alexandria, Egypt, and continued the fight against Arianism, fought by his predecessor; he was exiled five times for his defense of the doctrine of Christ's divinity; almost all of his dogmatic and historical writings are polemic, directed against every aspect of Arianism Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/2/23 Gospel: John 10:22-30
Daybreak for May 1, 2023
May 01, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the Fourth Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker; instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1955 to foster devotion to St. Joseph, and as a response to the "May Day" celebrations of the Communists Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/1/23 Gospel: John 10:11-18
Daybreak for April 30, 2023
April 30, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBFourth Sunday of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/30/23 Gospel: John 10:1-10
Daybreak for April 29, 2023
April 29, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the Third Week of Easter Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1380; entered the Dominican Third Order at 18; became very influential, publicly; worked for the crusade against the Turks, and for Church unity during the Great Schism Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/29/23 Gospel: John 6:60-69
Daybreak for April 28, 2023
April 28, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the Third Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chanel, 1803-1841; born in France, and joined the Marists after ordination; went as a missionary to Futuna Island, northeast of Fiji, where he learned the language and maintained a serene and gentle spirit, plus endless patience; when the chieftain's son asked to baptized, the chieftain ordered Fr. Peter to be clubbed to death; but within two years after Peter Chanel's death, the entire island became Catholic, and has remain...
Daybreak for April 27, 2023
April 27, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday of the Third Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Zita, 1212-1278; became a housekeeper for a rich weaver in Lucca, Italy, at the age of 12, and remained with the family for the rest of her life; found time every day to attend mass and recite prayers, as well as carry out her household duties; her employers eventually gave Zita free reign over her working schedule, and she busied herself with viists to the sick and imprisoned; sought out by important people; patroness of domestic ...
Daybreak for April 26, 2023
April 26, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday of the Third Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Cletus; third Bishop of Rome, succeeding St. Linus; reigned from 76 to his death in 89 A.D.; styled by authoritative sources as a martyr; buried near St. Linus on the Vatican Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/26/23 Gospel: John 6:35-40
Daybreak for April 25, 2023
April 25, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFeast of St. Mark, evangelist, died circa 68 A.D. Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/25/23 Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
Daybreak for April 24, 2023
April 24, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the Third Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, 1577-1622; lawyer-turned-Franciscan Capuchin monk; as a missionary to Switzerland, he was so successful that local Protestants claimed that he was a spy for the Austrian emperor; also served as head of the Congregation for the Spreading of the Faith; stabbed to death in a church in 1622 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/24/23 Gospel: John 6:22-29
Daybreak for April 23, 2023
April 23, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBThird Sunday of Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/23/23 Gospel: Luke 24:13-35
Daybreak for April 22, 2023
April 22, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Tarbula; sister of bishop and martyr St. Simeon the Persian; she was accused of practicing witchcraft and causing the wife of the anti-Christian Persian king, Shapur, to become ill; she was condemned and executed in 345 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/22/23 Gospel: John 6:16-21
Daybreak for April 21, 2023
April 21, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday of the Second Week of Easter Optional Memorial of St. Anselm, 1033-1109; joined the monastery of Bec in Normandy, was elected prior, and eventually abbot; his theological works are compared to those of St. Augustine, best-known being "Why God Became Man"; appointed archbishop of Canterbury in 1093, but went into exile over disagreements with King William Rufus; returned to England at the request of Henry I, but disagreed with him over the king's insistence on investing England's bis...
Daybreak for April 20, 2023
April 20, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Agnes of Montepulciano, 1268-1317; entered the monastery of Montepulciano at age 9; commissioned by Pope Nicholas IV to assis in the foundation of a new convent in Procena; returned to Montepulciano, where she governed until her death; noted for visions and miracles Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/20/23 Gospel: John 3:31-36
Daybreak for April 19, 2023
April 19, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Alphege of Canterbury, 954-1012; abbot, then bishop of Winchester, and finally archbishop of Canterbury; martyred by Danish invaders Office of Readings and Mornng Prayer for 4/19/23 Gospel: John 3:16-21
Daybreak for April 18, 2023
April 18, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Apollonius the Apologist; Roman senator, denounced as a Christian by one of his slaves; he was arrested, and ended up in a debate in the senate; despite his eloquent defense, Apollonius was condemned and beheaded in 185 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/18/23 Gospel: John 3:7-15
Daybreak for April 17, 2023
April 17, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBMonday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Stephen Harding, 1059-1134; born in Dorset, England, and became a traveling scholar, settling at the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy; later worked with St. Robert of Molesme and St. Alberic to found a new monastery at Citeaux; Stephen guided the community over a period of great growth, and wrote the Carta Caritatis, an important Cistercian document Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/17/23 Gospel: John 3:1-8
Daybreak for April 16, 2023
April 16, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSecond Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Sunday Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/16/23 Gospel: John 20:19-31
Daybreak for April 15, 2023
April 15, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBSaturday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Hunna; a Seventh Century noblewoman who devoted herself to the poor of Strasbourg, France, even washing the poor; known as the "holy washerwoman"; died 679 A.D.; patron of laundresses; Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/15/23 Gospel: Mark 16:9-15
Daybreak for April 14, 2023
April 14, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFriday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Lydwine, 1380-1433; broke a rib in in ice skating accident and never recovered; she experienced visions of heaven, hell, purgatory, apparitions of Christ, and the stigmate; patron of the chronically ill, and of ice skaters Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/14/23 Gospel: John 21:1-14
Daybreak for April 13, 2023
April 13, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBThursday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Martin I; elected pope in 649, when a heresy which held that Christ had no human will was popular in the East; the emperor sent troops to Rome to seize Martin and bring him to Constantinople; Martin was tortured, but saved from execution by the pleas of the patriarch of Constantinople; Martin died shortly thereafter, in 655 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/13/23 Gospel: Luke 24:35-48
Daybreak for April 12, 2023
April 12, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWednesday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Sabas the Goth, 334-372; a Goth who converted to Christianity; survived several persecutions, but was seized by Gothic soldiers who ordered him to eat meat sacrificed to idols; Sabas was drowned in the Mussovo River Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/12/23 Gospel: Luke 24-13-35
Daybreak for April 11, 2023
April 11, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBTuesday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Stanislaus of Krakow, 1030-1079; born of noble parents near Krakow, Poland; ordained at Gnesen, and became known for his preaching and spiritual advice; denounced the cruelties of King Boleslaus the Bold, and excommunicated him; the king killed him while he was celebrating mass Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/11/23 Gospel: John 20:11-18
Daybreak for April 10, 2023
April 10, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBMonday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: st. Michael de Sanctis, 1591-1625; joined the Trinitarian Friars at Barcelona in 1603; later joined the reformed group of Trinitarians; ordained, and served as superior of the house in Valladolid; known for his sanctity and ecstacies during mass; many miracles were attributed to him after his death, at the age of 35; patron of cancer patients Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/10/23 Gospel: Matthew 28:8-15
Daybreak for April 9, 2023
April 09, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBEaster Sunday Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/9/23 Gospel: John 20:1-9
Daybreak for April 8, 2023
April 08, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 55 MBHoly Saturday Saint of the Day: St. Julie Billiard, 1751-1816; paralyzed over the trauma of seeing her father's life threatened, but taught catechism from her bed; smuggled away at the start of the French Revolution; in 1803, along with Francoise Blin de Bourdon, began the Institute of Notre Dame; the first Sisters of Notre Dame made their vows the following year; Julie recovered, and was able to walk again; the motherhouse was eventually moved to Belgium Office of Readings and Morning Pr...
Daybreak for April 7, 2023
April 07, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBGood Friday: The Commemoration of the Crucifixion and Death of Jesus at Calvary Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/7/23 Gospel: John 18:1-19:42
Daybreak for April 6, 2023
April 06, 2023 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBHoly Thursday Saint of the Day: St. Celestine I, 376-432; elected pope in 422; confiscated the property of the Novationite churches and restored a basilican in St. Mary Travestere; confirmed the appointment of Nestorius to the see of Constantinope, but opposed his teachings; also combatted Pelagianism in Gaul and England; believed to have sent Palladius to evangelize Ireland in 431; founder of the papal diplomatic service Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/6/23 Gospel: John 13:1...