Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for April 17, 2023
    • Monday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Stephen Harding, 1059-1134; born in Dorset, England, and became a traveling scholar, settling at the abbey of Molesme in Burgundy; later worked with St. Robert of Molesme and St. Alberic to found a new monastery at Citeaux; Stephen guided the community over a period of great growth, and wrote the Carta Caritatis, an important Cistercian document
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/17/23
    • Gospel: John 3:1-8
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 15, 2023
    • Saturday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Hunna; a Seventh Century noblewoman who devoted herself to the poor of Strasbourg, France, even washing the poor; known as the "holy washerwoman"; died 679 A.D.; patron of laundresses;
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/15/23
    • Gospel: Mark 16:9-15
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 14, 2023
    • Friday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Lydwine, 1380-1433; broke a rib in in ice skating accident and never recovered; she experienced visions of heaven, hell, purgatory, apparitions of Christ, and the stigmate; patron of the chronically ill, and of ice skaters
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/14/23
    • Gospel: John 21:1-14
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 13, 2023
    • Thursday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Martin I; elected pope in 649, when a heresy which held that Christ had no human will was popular in the East; the emperor sent troops to Rome to seize Martin and bring him to Constantinople; Martin was tortured, but saved from execution by the pleas of the patriarch of Constantinople; Martin died shortly thereafter, in 655
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/13/23
    • Gospel: Luke 24:35-48
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 12, 2023
    • Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Sabas the Goth, 334-372; a Goth who converted to Christianity; survived several persecutions, but was seized by Gothic soldiers who ordered him to eat meat sacrificed to idols; Sabas was drowned in the Mussovo River
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/12/23
    • Gospel: Luke 24-13-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 11, 2023
    • Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Stanislaus of Krakow, 1030-1079; born of noble parents near Krakow, Poland; ordained at Gnesen, and became known for his preaching and spiritual advice; denounced the cruelties of King Boleslaus the Bold, and excommunicated him; the king killed him while he was celebrating mass
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/11/23
    • Gospel: John 20:11-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 10, 2023
    • Monday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: st. Michael de Sanctis, 1591-1625; joined the Trinitarian Friars at Barcelona in 1603; later joined the reformed group of Trinitarians; ordained, and served as superior of the house in Valladolid; known for his sanctity and ecstacies during mass; many miracles were attributed to him after his death, at the age of 35; patron of cancer patients
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/10/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 28:8-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 8, 2023
    • Holy Saturday
    • Saint of the Day: St. Julie Billiard, 1751-1816; paralyzed over the trauma of seeing her father's life threatened, but taught catechism from her bed; smuggled away at the start of the French Revolution; in 1803, along with Francoise Blin de Bourdon, began the Institute of Notre Dame; the first Sisters of Notre Dame made their vows the following year; Julie recovered, and was able to walk again; the motherhouse was eventually moved to Belgium
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/8/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 28:1-10
    1 hr

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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…