Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for May 6, 2023
    • Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; joined the Benedictines in Brescia, italy; in 717 he was asked by Pope St. Gregory to examine the ruins of Monte Cassino, damaged by the Lombards in 580; he gathered the hermits who were living there and began rebuilding; he was elected abbot, and ruled Monte Cassino for three decades; known as the "second founder of Monte Cassino"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/23
    • Gospel: John 14:7-14
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 5, 2023
    • Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Hilary of Arles, 400-449; born of a noble family in Lorraine, France; joined St. Honoratus at Lerins Abbey; Honoratus became bishop of Arles, and when he died Hilary succeded him in 429; known for his austerities, aid to the poor, and ransoming captives
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/5/23
    • Gospel: John 14:1-6
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 4, 2023
    • Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. John Payne, 1532-1582; born in England, and was ordaine in Douai in 1576; he went back to England, and was arrested within a year; after release, he left England, but returned in 1579, and was again arrested after having been betrayed; he was imprisoned and tortured in the Tower of London, and finally condemned to death; one of the Martyrs of England and Wales
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/4/23
    • Gospel: John 13:16-20
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 3, 2023
    • Feast of Saints Philip and James, apostles; little is known of James, the Son of Alphaeus, also known as "James the Lesser"; Philip came from Bethsaida, and took a long time to realize who Jesus was, as evidenced by his request, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied."
    • Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/3/23
    • Gospel: John 14:6-14
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 2, 2023
    • Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Memorial of St. Athanasius, 296-373; became bishop of Alexandria, Egypt, and continued the fight against Arianism, fought by his predecessor; he was exiled five times for his defense of the doctrine of Christ's divinity; almost all of his dogmatic and historical writings are polemic, directed against every aspect of Arianism
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/2/23
    • Gospel: John 10:22-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 1, 2023
    • Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker; instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1955 to foster devotion to St. Joseph, and as a response to the "May Day" celebrations of the Communists
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/1/23
    • Gospel: John 10:11-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 29, 2023
    • Saturday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1380; entered the Dominican Third Order at 18; became very influential, publicly; worked for the crusade against the Turks, and for Church unity during the Great Schism
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/29/23
    • Gospel: John 6:60-69
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 28, 2023
    • Friday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chanel, 1803-1841; born in France, and joined the Marists after ordination; went as a missionary to Futuna Island, northeast of Fiji, where he learned the language and maintained a serene and gentle spirit, plus endless patience; when the chieftain's son asked to baptized, the chieftain ordered Fr. Peter to be clubbed to death; but within two years after Peter Chanel's death, the entire island became Catholic, and has remained so
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/28/23
    • Gospel: John 6:52-59
    52 min

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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…