Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for May 6, 2022
    • Friday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; joined the Benedictines in 717, and was asked by Pope Gregory to examine the ruins of Monte Cassino, which had been damaged by the Lombards in 580; rebuilt, and he served as abbot for three decades
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/22
    • Gospel: John 6:52-59
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 5, 2022
    • Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Hilary of Arles, 401-449; became bishop of Arles, France, at the age of 29; did manual labor to earn money for the poor, sold sacred vessels to ransom captives, and became a great orator; he traveled everywhere on foot, wearing simple clothing
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/5/22
    • Gospel: John 6:44-51
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 4, 2022
    • Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Robert Lawrence; one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales; Carthusian at the time when King Henry VIII broke with Rome and dissolved monasteries; went with St. John Houghton to see Thomas Cromwell, who had them arrested; upon refusing to sign the Oath of Supremacy, they were tortured and killed, in 1535
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/4/22
    • Gospel: John 6:35-40
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 3, 2022
    • Feast of Saints Philip and James, apostles
    • Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/3/22
    • Gospel: John 14:6-14
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 2, 2022
    • Monday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Memorial of St. Athanasius, 296-373; the great champion of the faith against the widespread heresy of Arianism, which taught that Jesus was not truly divine; the vigor of his writings earned him the title of doctor of the Church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/2/22
    • Gospel: John 6:22-29
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 30, 2022
    • Saturday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Pius V, 1504-1572; tasked with implementing the reforms of the Council of Trent; built hospitals, provided food for the hungry, gave money to poor Roman converts, ordered the founding of seminaries, published a new missal, breaviary, and catechism, and established Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes for the young
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/30/22
    • Gospel: John 6:16-21
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 29, 2022
    • Friday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1380; virgin and doctor of the Church; entered the Dominican Third Order at age 18; worked for the crusade against the Turks and for peace between Florence and the pope; worked for the unity of the Church during the Great Schism
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/29/22
    • Gospel: John 6:1-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 28, 2022
    • Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chanel, 1803-1841; born in France, with a desire to be a missionary; joined the Marists at age 28, and was sent to Futuna Island, northeast of Fiji; mastered the language, but had little apparent success aside from a few natives who were baptized; when the chieftain's son asked to be baptized, Fr. Chanel was clubbed to death; but two years later, the whole island became Catholic, and has remained so
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/28/22
    • Gospel: John 3:31-36
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 27, 2022
    • Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Zita, 1212-1272; became a servant at the age of twelve; known for giving away food and clothing to the poor, and for miracles; one tradition holds that the other servants once found an angel taking Zita's place in baking and cleaning; patroness of servants
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/27/22
    • Gospel: John 3:16-21
    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…