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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 Fathers teachings, writing of the saints, and more.
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Daybreak for September 24, 2023
24/09/2023 Duración: 59min25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/24/23 Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16a
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Daybreak for September 23, 2023
23/09/2023 Duración: 59minSaturday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, aka Padre Pio, 1887-1968; grew up in a family of farmers in southern Italy; joined the Capuchins at age 15; ordained in 1910; in 1918, after mass, he received a vision of Jesus; after the vision, he had the stigmata on his hands, feet, and side; busloads of people came to see him, and he heard confessions for up to ten hours per day; many penitents said that Padre Pio knew details of their lives which they had not mentioned Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/23/23 Gospel: Luke 8:4-15
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Daybreak for September 22, 2023
22/09/2023 Duración: 51minFriday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Phocas the Gardener; lived in the Third and Fourth Centuries in Sinope, earning his living cultivating a garden; he shared with the poor, and provided lodging to travelers; when his identity as a Christian became known to the pagan Roman authorities, soldiers were dispatched to arrest Phocas; they stopped at his home for lodging, unaware of who he was; Phocas revealed himself the next morning, and the soldiers--though reluctant to carry out their orders--ultimately beheaded him, around 303 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/22/23 Gospel: Luke 8:1-3
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Daybreak for September 21, 2023
21/09/2023 Duración: 51minFeast of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist Thursday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/21/23 Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13
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Daybreak for September 20, 2023
20/09/2023 Duración: 51minWednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and companions, martyrs; during the 19th Century persecutions of Christians in Korea, 103 gave their lives as martyrs, including some bishops and priests, and lay people--men and women, married and unmarried, children, young people, and the elderly Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/20/23 Gospel: Luke 7:31-35
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Daybreak for September 19, 2023
19/09/2023 Duración: 51minTuesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Januarius; bishop of Benevento during the persecution of Diocletian; arrested while visiting clergy and laymen in prison, and executed; a vial of his blood is kept in Naples as a relic, and liquifies when exposed Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/19/23 Gospel: Luke 7:11-17
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Daybreak for September 18, 2023
18/09/2023 Duración: 51minMonday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Joseph of Cupertino, 1603-1663; showed a fondness for prayer even as a child; joined the Capuchins, and then the Conventual Franciscans; ordained a priest in 1628; tended to levitate during prayer, and this often became a cross for him, as people would come to see him as a curiosity; he was investigated and exonerated by the Inquisition Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/18/23 Gospel: Luke 7:1-10
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Daybreak Sunday 091723
17/09/2023 Duración: 59min24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/17/23 Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35
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Daybreak for September 16, 2023
16/09/2023 Duración: 59minSaturday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian; Third Century pope and bishop, respectively, who were friends; Cornelius had to deal with the controversy of readmission of those who had left the Church during persecution; he ordered that they be readmitted with the Sacrament of Penance Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/16/23 Gospel: Luke 6:43-49
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Daybreak for September 15, 2023
15/09/2023 Duración: 51minFriday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows; Biblical references are found in Luke and John--Simeon’s prediction about a sword piercing Mary’s soul, and Jesus' words from the Cross to Mary and John Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/15/23 Gospel: John 19:25-27
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Daybreak for September 14, 2023
14/09/2023 Duración: 51minFeast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Thursday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/14/23 Gospel: John 3:13-17
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Daybreak for September 13, 2023
13/09/2023 Duración: 51minWednesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, 344-407; bishop and doctor of the Church; born in Antioch; lived as an anchorite for two years, but poor health forced him to return to Antioch; ordained a priest, and elevated to the see of Constantinople; his enemies included Theophilus, patriarch of Alexandria, and the empress Eudoxia, who forced him into exile; his enemies banished him further, to Pythius, and he died on the way there Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/13/23 Gospel: Luke 6:20-26
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Daybreak for September 12, 2023
12/09/2023 Duración: 51minTuesday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Mary; a counterpart to the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus; the feast began in Spain in 1513, and was extended to the entire Church by Pope Innocent XI Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/12/23 Gospel: Luke 6:12-19
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Daybreak for September 11, 2023
11/09/2023 Duración: 51minMonday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Paphnutius; Egyptian who became bishop of Upper Thebaid; tortured under Emperor Maximinus; returned to his flock when peace was restored; zealous in defending the Catholic faith against the Arian heresy; a major figure in the first General Council of the Church at Nicea in 325 A.D.; date of death unknown Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/11/23 Gospel: Luke 6:6-11
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Daybreak for September 10, 2023
10/09/2023 Duración: 59min23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/10/23 Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20
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Daybreak for September 9, 2023
09/09/2023 Duración: 59minSaturday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Peter Claver, 1581-1654; left his native Spain for the New World, and became a "slave to the slaves"; as soon as a slave ship entered the port, Peter Claver moved into its infested hold to minister to the ill-treated and exhausted passengers; in his 40 years of ministry, he is believed to have baptized 300,000 slaves Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/9/23 Gospel: Luke 6:1-5
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Daybreak for September 8, 2023
08/09/2023 Duración: 51minFeast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/8/23 Gospel: Matthew 1:18-23
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Daybreak for September 7, 2023
07/09/2023 Duración: 51minThursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Cloud, 522-560; heir apparent to the kingdom of the Franks, but was usurped by his uncle; he fled to Provence for safety, and was under the direction of St. Severinus, a recluse near Paris; he instructed the people of the neighboring countryside and ended his days at about the age of 36 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/7/23 Gospel: Luke 5:1-11
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Daybreak for September 6, 2023
06/09/2023 Duración: 51minWednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Eleutherius; Sixth Century abbot of St. Mark's near Spoleto, and favored by God with miracles; died in St. Andrew's monastery in Rome, 585 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/6/23 Gospel: Luke 4:38-44
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Daybreak for September 5, 2023
05/09/2023 Duración: 51minTuesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Teresa of Calcutta, 1910-1997; at age 18, she entered the Loreto Sisters of Dublin; in 1946, she felt called to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them; she returned to Calcutta, and for the next four decades, she worked tirelessly on behalf of the poor; in 1979, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/5/23 Gospel: Luke 4:31-37