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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 Father’... more
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 3,258 episodes available.
March 17, 2024Daybreak for March 17, 2024 Fifth Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/17/24 Gospel: John 12:20-33 ...more1hPlay
March 16, 2024Daybreak for March 16, 2024 Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Finian Lobhar; Sixth Century Irish abbot and disciple of St. Columba; born in Leinster, Ireland; founded a church and monastery at Innisfallen; after a stay in Clonmore, he became abbot of Sword's Abbey, near Dublin; he was called "Lobhar," "the leper," because he contracted the disease from a young boy whom he had cured; died 560 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/16/24 Gospel: John 7:40-53 ...more1hPlay
March 15, 2024Daybreak for March 15, 2024 Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Aristobulus; one of the seventy-two sent out into the world by the early Church; possibly mentioned by St. Paul; believed to be Zebedee, the father of James and John; Aristobulus preached in Britain, though documentation is lacking; died in the First Century Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/15/24 Gospel: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 ...more52minPlay
March 14, 2024Daybreak for March 14, 2024 Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Mathilda, 895-968; given in marriage to Henry the Fowler, who eventually became King of Germany; as queen, Mathilda visited and comforted the sick and the afflicted, instructed the ignorant, succored prisoners, and endeavored to convert sinners; when King Henry died, Mathilda gave up all worldly pomp; of her three sons, Otho afterward became Emperor, Henry was Duke of Bavaria, and St. Bruno became Archbishop of Cologne Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/14/24 Gospel: John 5:31-47 ...more52minPlay
March 13, 2024Daybreak for March 13, 2024 Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Agnellus of Pisa, 1195-1236; received into the Franciscans by St. Francis of Assisi, who sent him to Paris to start a Franciscan mission; Agnellus was then sent to England, where they began the Franciscan English province; he became friends with King Henry III, who called upon him to avert a civil war; during negotiations, Agnellus became ill, and died at Oxford Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/13/24 Gospel: John 5:17-30 ...more52minPlay
March 12, 2024Daybreak for March 12, 2024 Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Nicomedia; a chamberlain at the court of Diocletian; arrested for being a Christian during the last great persecution of the Church at Diocletian's command; tortured and martyred in 303 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/12/24 Gospel: John 5:1-16 ...more52minPlay
March 11, 2024Daybreak for March 11, 2024 Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Eulogius of Cordoba; a noted scholar of scripture, he was arrested in 850; after his release, he was named bishop of Cordoba; before being consecrated, he aided Leocritia, a young Moorish woman who had converted to Christianity; they were caught and beheaded in 859 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/11/24 Gospel: John 4:43-54 ...more52minPlay
March 10, 2024Daybreak for March 10, 2024 Fourth Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/10/24 Gospel: John 3:14-21 ...more1hPlay
March 09, 2024Daybreak for March 9, 2024 Saturday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Frances of Rome, 1384-1440; attracted to the religious life in her youth, but her parents had picked a nobleman for her husband; Frances and her brother-in-law's wife set out to serve the poor together; Frances requested and was given permission to found a society of women bound by no vows--they simply offered themselves to God and to the service of the poor Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/9/24 Gospel: Luke 18:9-14 ...more1hPlay
March 08, 2024Daybreak for March 8, 2024 Friday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of St. John of God, 1495-1550; came to a true conversion at the age of 40, when he went to Africa, hoping to be martyred; he was advised that this was not spiritually sound, so he returned to Spain and a religious goods store; he was moved by a sermon of St. John of Avila, and publicly beat himself, begging mercy; he was committed to a mental hospital, where he was visited by St. John of Avila, who advised him to become involved in tending to the needs of others; John of God established a house to tend to the needs of the sick poor, and lived a deep interior life; 20 years after his death, his followers formed the Brothers Hospitallers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/8/24 Gospel: Mark 12:28-34 ...more52minPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 3,258 episodes available.