Daybreak

By Relevant Radio

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

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March 17, 2023Daybreak for March 17, 2023
Friday of the Third Week of Lent

Commemoration of St. Patrick, 415-493; captured by Irish raiders and sold into slavery; after his escape, he spent years at Auxerre, France, and was consecrated bishop at age 43; dreamed of bringing the faith to the Irish, and he was sent to carry out the task; ordained many priests, divided the country into dioceses, held Church councils, founded several monasteries, and urged his people to holiness

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/17/23

Gospel: Mark 12:28-34
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52min
March 16, 2023Daybreak for March 16, 2023
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent

Saint of the Day: St. Finian Lobhar; Sixth Century Irish abbot and disciple of St. Columba; founded a church and monastery at Innisfallen; later became abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin; acquired the name Lobhar--"the leper"--when he contracted leprosy from a young boy whom he had cured of the disease; died 560 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/16/23

Gospel: Luke 11:14-23
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52min
March 15, 2023Daybreak for March 15, 2023
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent

Saint of the Day: St. Louise de Marillac, 1591-1660; wanted to become a nun, but married Antony Legras, an official in the Queen's service; after his death, St. Vincent de Paul became her spiritual adviser; she helped to found the Sister of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul; traveled all over France, establishing her sisters in hospitals, orphanages, and other institutions; her congregation is now spread around the world

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/15/23

Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19
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52min
March 14, 2023Daybreak for March 14, 2023
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent

Saint of the Day: St. Mathilda, 895-968; daughter of a Saxon count, married to Henry "the fowler," who became King of Germany in 919; Queen Mathilda visited and comforted the sick and afflicted, instructed the ignorant, succored prisoners, and worked to convert sinners; when King Henry died, she renounced all worldly pomp; of her three sons, Otho became Emperor and then King of Germany, Henry was Duke of Bavaria, and St. Bruno became the archbishop of Cologne

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/14/23

Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35
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52min
March 13, 2023Daybreak for March 13, 2023
Monday of the Third Week of Lent

Saint of the Day: St. Agnellus of Pisa, 1135-1236; received by St. Francis himself into his order; sent to Paris, then to England to start the Franciscan English Province; worked with King Henry III to avert a civil war, but contracted a serious illness in the process, and died in Oxford

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/13/23

Gospel: Luke 4:24-30
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52min
March 12, 2023Daybreak for March 12, 2023
Third Sunday of Lent

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/12/23

Gospel: John 4:5-42
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1h
March 11, 2023Daybreak for March 11, 2023
Saturday of the Second Week of Lent

Saint of the Day: St. Eulogius of Cordoba; priest and noted scripture scholar of Cordoba, Spain; arrested in 850, and wrote "Exhortation to Martyrdom" for two young virgin martyrs; released, and named archbishop of Cordoba or Toledo; aided Leocritia, a young Moorish woman who had converted to Christianity; both were caught and beheaded in 859 A.D.

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/11/23

Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
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1h
March 10, 2023Daybreak for March 10, 2023
Friday of the Second Week of Lent

Saint of the Day: St. John Ogilvie, 1579-1615; Scottish noble, a convert from Calvinism, who became a Jesuit; brought many in Scotland back to the faith, but was betrayed; he was tortured and convicted of high treason for converting Protestants to the Catholic faith, denying the king's spiritual jurisdiction, and condemning the oaths of supremacy and allegiance; hanged in Glasgow at the age of 36

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/10/23

Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
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52min
March 09, 2023Daybreak for March 9, 2023
Thursday of the Second Week of Lent

Commemoration of St. Frances of Rome, 1384-1440; born of wealthy parents, married, and joined with an in-law to serve the poor; after losing two children, Frances opened a section of her house as a hospital and founded a society of women bound by no vows, to serve the poorest of the poor; after the death of her husband, Frances lived the remainder of her life with the society

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/9/23

Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
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52min
March 08, 2023Daybreak for March 8, 2023
Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent

Commemoration of St. John of God, 1495-1550; abandoned the faith until age 40, then went to Africa hoping to free captive Christians; returned to Spain, and ran a religious goods store; moved by a sermon of St. John of Avila, he publicly beat himself, begging mercy and repenting--for which he was committed to a mental hospital; St. John of Avila advised him to tend to the needs of others; he established a house to tend to the sick poor. his helpers, 20 years after his death, formed the Brothers Hospitallers

Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/8/23

Gospel: Matthew 20:17-28
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52min

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