Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for April 26, 2026
    • Saturday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Stanislaus of Krakow, 1030-1079; born near Krakow, Poland; educated and ordained at Gnesen; he soon he became noted for his preaching and became a much sought after spiritual adviser; he was successful in his reforming efforts, and in 1072 was named Bishop of Krakow; he denounced the cruelties and injustices of King Boleslaus, and excommunicated him; Boleslaus himself killed Stanislaus while the Bishop was saying Mass in a chapel outside the city
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/26/26
    • Gospel: Mark 16:9-15
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 10, 2026
    • Friday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Paternus; Eleventh Century Irish/Scottish hermit; born either in Ireland or Scotland and joined a monastery; going to Westphalia, he was one of the first monks to enter the Abdinghof Monastery under the leadership of St. Meinwerk; Paternus lived as a hermit in one of the cells; such was his obedience to the vow of enclosure that when a fire erupted in 1058 and engulfed Abdinghof, he would not leave his cell, and so burned to death; he was much honored by St. Peter Damian
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/10/26
    • Gospel: John 21:1-14
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 9, 2026
    • Thursday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Hugh of Rouen; Eighth Century Benedictine bishop of Rouen, Paris, and Bayeux, France, a nephew of Charles Martel and the son of Duke Drogo of Burgundy; he was named the bishop of Rouen in 722; he then moved to Paris and later to Bayeux; at the same time he was abbot of Fontenelles and Jumieges; at the close of his life, Hugh retired to Jumieges and died in 730 as a simple choir monk
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/9/26
    • Gospel: Luke 24:35-48
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 8, 2026
    • Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Julia Billiart, 1751-1816; she took a vow of virginity while young and worked so hard for the poor that she collapsed, remaining a cripple until 1804 when she was miraculously cured; she stayed in Amiens, where the Institute of Notre Dame was founded by Julia and pious friends in 1804; in 1809 she was forced to move to Namur, and the Motherhouse was instituted there; by the time of her death, there were fifteen convents in operation
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/8/26
    • Gospel: Luke 24:13-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 7, 2026
    • Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. John Baptist de La Salle, 1651-1719; ordained a priest at age 27; he became interested in the creation of schools for poor boys in Rheims, where he was stationed; he threw himself wholeheartedly into the work; the remainder of his life was closely entwined with the community of religious men he founded, the Brothers of the Christian School (also called Christian Brothers or De La Salle Brothers); afflicted with asthma and rheumatism in his last years, he died on Good Friday, 1719, at age 68
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/7/26
    • Gospel: John 20:11-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 6, 2026
    • Monday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: Pope St. Celestine I; founder of the papal diplomatic service; elected pope in 422, and battled the heresies of Nestorianism and Pelagianism; Celestine is believed to have sent Palladius to evangelize Ireland in 431; Celestine died in 432
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/6/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 28:8-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 5, 2026
    • Easter Sunday - Solemnity
    • Christ is risen! Alleluia, alleluia!
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/5/26
    • Gospel: John 20:1-9
    1 hr

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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…

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