Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for April 7, 2023
    • Good Friday: The Commemoration of the Crucifixion and Death of Jesus at Calvary
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/7/23
    • Gospel: John 18:1-19:42
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 6, 2023
    • Holy Thursday
    • Saint of the Day: St. Celestine I, 376-432; elected pope in 422; confiscated the property of the Novationite churches and restored a basilican in St. Mary Travestere; confirmed the appointment of Nestorius to the see of Constantinope, but opposed his teachings; also combatted Pelagianism in Gaul and England; believed to have sent Palladius to evangelize Ireland in 431; founder of the papal diplomatic service
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/6/23
    • Gospel: John 13:1-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 5, 2023
    • Wednesday of Holy Week
    • Saint of the Day: St. Vincent Ferrer, 1357-1419; Dominican who evangelized nearly every province of Spain, and preached in France, Italy, Germany, Flanders, England, Scotland, and Ireland; patron of builders because of his fame for "building up" and strengthening the Church through preaching missionary work, teachings, and as confessor and advisor
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/5/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 26:14-25
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 4, 2023
    • Tuesday of Holy Week
    • Saint of the Day: St. Isidore of Seville, 560-636; succeeded his brother as bishop of Seville; he required seminaries to be built, wrote a rule for religious orders, and founded schools that taught every branch of learning; wrote a dictionary, an encyclopedia, a history of Goths, and a history of the world, beginning with creation; some have suggested him as the patron of the internet
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/4/23
    • Gospel: John 13:21-33, 36-38
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 3, 2023
    • Monday of Holy Week
    • Saint of the Day: St. Agape; Christian of Thessalonica; martyred, along with her two sisters, for the crime of possessing texts of the Scriptures during the persecution of Diocletian; died 304 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/3/23
    • Gospel: John 12:1-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 1, 2023
    • Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Hugh of Grenoble, 1053-1132; born in the Dauphine region; named bishop of Grenoble in 1080; attempted to reform the diocese, but, discouraged, retired to Chaise Dieu Abbey; ordered back to Grenoble by Pope St. Gregory VII; Hugh gave St. Bruno the land on which the Grande Chartreuse was founded, starting the Carthusians
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/1/23
    • Gospel: John 11:45-56
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for March 31, 2023
    • Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Benjamin, 329-424; deacon, imprisoned in the Persian persecution; released on the condition that he would never speak to any of the courtiers about religion; he continued to preach Christ, and was again apprehended, tortured, and executed
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/31/23
    • Gospel: John 10:31-42
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 30, 2023
    • Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. John Climacus, 525-606; called "Climacus," because of his famous book, "The Climax," or, "The Ladder of Perfection"; lived as a hermit on Mount Sinai, then went to Thale; elected abbot of the monks of Mount Sinair at the age of 70
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/30/23
    • Gospel: John 8:51-59
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 29, 2023
    • Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Berthold; believed to be the founder of the Carmelite order; born in Limoges, France; after ordination, he joined his brother Aymeric, the Latin Patriarch of Antioch, in Turkey, on the Crusades; on Mount Carmel, he found a group of hermits, joined them and established a rule; headed the Carmelites for 45 years; died in 1195
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/29/23
    • Gospel: John 8:31-42
    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…