Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for April 27, 2023
    • Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Zita, 1212-1278; became a housekeeper for a rich weaver in Lucca, Italy, at the age of 12, and remained with the family for the rest of her life; found time every day to attend mass and recite prayers, as well as carry out her household duties; her employers eventually gave Zita free reign over her working schedule, and she busied herself with viists to the sick and imprisoned; sought out by important people; patroness of domestic workers
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/27/23
    • Gospel: John 6:44-51
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 26, 2023
    • Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Cletus; third Bishop of Rome, succeeding St. Linus; reigned from 76 to his death in 89 A.D.; styled by authoritative sources as a martyr; buried near St. Linus on the Vatican
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/26/23
    • Gospel: John 6:35-40
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 25, 2023
    • Feast of St. Mark, evangelist, died circa 68 A.D.
    • Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/25/23
    • Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 24, 2023
    • Monday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, 1577-1622; lawyer-turned-Franciscan Capuchin monk; as a missionary to Switzerland, he was so successful that local Protestants claimed that he was a spy for the Austrian emperor; also served as head of the Congregation for the Spreading of the Faith; stabbed to death in a church in 1622
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/24/23
    • Gospel: John 6:22-29
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 22, 2023
    • Saturday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Tarbula; sister of bishop and martyr St. Simeon the Persian; she was accused of practicing witchcraft and causing the wife of the anti-Christian Persian king, Shapur, to become ill; she was condemned and executed in 345 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/22/23
    • Gospel: John 6:16-21
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 21, 2023
    • Friday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Anselm, 1033-1109; joined the monastery of Bec in Normandy, was elected prior, and eventually abbot; his theological works are compared to those of St. Augustine, best-known being "Why God Became Man"; appointed archbishop of Canterbury in 1093, but went into exile over disagreements with King William Rufus; returned to England at the request of Henry I, but disagreed with him over the king's insistence on investing England's bishops; spent another three years in exile in Rome; his care and concern extended to the very poorest people, and he opposed the slave trade
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/21/23
    • Gospel: John 6:1-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 20, 2023
    • Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Agnes of Montepulciano, 1268-1317; entered the monastery of Montepulciano at age 9; commissioned by Pope Nicholas IV to assis in the foundation of a new convent in Procena; returned to Montepulciano, where she governed until her death; noted for visions and miracles
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/20/23
    • Gospel: John 3:31-36
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 19, 2023
    • Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Alphege of Canterbury, 954-1012; abbot, then bishop of Winchester, and finally archbishop of Canterbury; martyred by Danish invaders
    • Office of Readings and Mornng Prayer for 4/19/23
    • Gospel: John 3:16-21
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 18, 2023
    • Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Apollonius the Apologist; Roman senator, denounced as a Christian by one of his slaves; he was arrested, and ended up in a debate in the senate; despite his eloquent defense, Apollonius was condemned and beheaded in 185 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/18/23
    • Gospel: John 3:7-15
    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…