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  • Daybreak for March 28, 2023
    • Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Venturino of Bergamo, 1304-1346; native of Bergamo, Italy; joined the Dominicans in 1319; planned to make a pilgrimage to Rome, but was suspected of trying to crown himself pope, so he was forbidden by Pope Benedict XII and by the Dominicans; unaware of the ban, he went to Rome, then to Avignon, where he was arrested and imprisoned until 1343; helped to organize a crusade at the behest of Pope Clement VI
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/28/23
    • Gospel: John 8:21-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 27, 2023
    • Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Rupert, 660-717; appointed bishop of Worms, Germany; took over the deserted town of Iuvavum in 697, which was renamed Salzburg, Austria; founded a church, a monastery, and a school, brought in missionaries, and established a nunnery; revered as the Apostle of Bavaria and Austria
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/27/23
    • Gospel: John 8:1-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 24, 2023
    • Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Aldemar; 11th Century abbot and miracle worker; monk at Monte Cassino, then became director of the religious in the new convent at Capua, built by Pricess Aloara; reassigned by his abbot to Monte Cassino, which angered the princess; one former companion tried to kill him; he fled the region and founded several more religious houses; died 1080
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/24/23
    • Gospel: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 23, 2023
    • Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Turibius de Mongrovejo, 1538-1606; lawyer who was eventually appointed archbishop of Lima, Peru, in 1580; reformed the archdiocese, aided the poor, and defended the rights of Indians who were suffering under the occupation of Spain; founded schools, churches, hospitals, and the first seminary in the New World; also mastered several Indian dialects
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/23/23
    • Gospel: John 5:31-47
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 22, 2023
    • Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Nicholas Owen, 1550-1608; born at Oxford, England, and worked as a carpenter, building hiding places for Jesuit priests; became a Jesuit lay brother in 1580; arrested in 1594, and released on the payment of a ransom by a wealthy Catholic; arrested again 1606, imprisoned in the Tower of London, and tortured to his death; one for the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/22/23
    • Gospel: John 5:17-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 21, 2023
    • Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Nicholas of Flue, 1417-1487; became a hermit at the age of 50; survived 19 years on nothing but the Eucharist; known for his holiness and wisdom, he was regularly visited by civic leader, powerful people, and simple men and women with a variety of needs; affectionately known as "Bruder Klaus"; patron saint of Switzerland
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/21/23
    • Gospel: John 5:1-16
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 20, 2023
    • Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary
    • Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/20/23
    • Gospel: Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24
    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…