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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 1,961 episodes available.
February 28, 2023Daybreak for February 28, 2023 Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Oswald, 925-992; a Dane by birth, he studied in Fleury, France, where he was ordained; became Bishop of worcester in 962, and Archbishop of York in 972; worked to improve the morals of his clergy and increase their theological knowledge; revered as one of the three--along with Saints Dunstand and Ethelwold--who revived English monasticism Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/28/23 Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15 ...more52minPlay
February 27, 2023Daybreak for February 27, 2023 Monday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Anne Line; English martyr; disowned by her father when she married a Catholic; hid Catholic priests in a London safe house; aided Jesuit Father John Gerard until her arrest; hanged in Tyburn, February 27, 1601; one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/27/23 Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46 ...more52minPlay
February 26, 2023Daybreak for February 26, 2023 First Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/26/23 Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11 ...more1hPlay
February 25, 2023Daybreak for February 25, 2023 Saturday After Ash Wednesday Saint of the Day: St. Walburga, 710-779; sister of St. Willibald and Winebald; became a nun, and assisted St. Boniface in his missionary work in Germany; eventually became abbess of the double monastery at Heidenheim, founder by her brother Winebald Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/23 Gospel: Luke 5:27-32 ...more1hPlay
February 24, 2023Daybreak for February 24, 2023 Friday After Ash Wednesday Saint of the Day: St. Adela, 1067-1137; youngest daughter of William the Conqueror; married Stephen of Blois in 1080; active in English politics, and famed for endowing churches and monastic institutions Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/24/23 Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15 ...more52minPlay
February 23, 2023Daybreak for February 23, 2023 Thursday After Ash Wednesday Commemoration of St. Polycarp, 69-155; bishop of Smyrna, disciple of St. John the Apostle, and friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch; at age 86, he was to be burned alive, but the flames did not harm him, so he was killed with a dagger Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/23/23 Gospel: Luke 9:22-25 ...more52minPlay
February 22, 2023Daybreak for February 22, 2023 Ash Wednesday: The beginning of Lent, a period of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, in preparation for Easter Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/22/23 Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 ...more52minPlay
February 21, 2023Daybreak for February 21, 2023 Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian, 988-1072; left a teaching career to become a Benedictine; ultimately became abbot of his community and founded five other hermitages; Pope Stephen IX appointed him cardinal-bishop of Ostia, where he worked to wipe out abuses and encourage the holiness of the clergy; after retiring, he was called to serve as a papal legate; when returning from one such assignment in Ravenna, he was overcome by fever and died Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/23 Gospel: Mark 9:30-37 ...more52minPlay
February 20, 2023Daybreak for February 20, 2023 Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Saints of the Day: Saints Jacinta (1920-1920) and Francisco (1908-1919) Marto; two of the three Portuguese shepherd children who received apparitions of Our Lady near Fatima, Portugal, from May to October of 1917; Mary asked the children to pray the rosary to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war, and for the conversion of Russia, which was soon to fall under communism Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/20/23 Gospel: Mark 9:14-29 ...more52minPlay
February 19, 2023Daybreak for February 19, 2023 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/23 Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48 ...more1hPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,961 episodes available.