Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for March 17, 2022
    • Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Patrick, 415-493; captured at the age of 16 and sold into slavery in Ireland; escaped, and underwent spiritual conversion; consecrated bishop at the age of 43; returned to Ireland to evangelize, where the faith had never been preached, obtaining protection of local kings, and made numerous converts
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/17/22
    • Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 16, 2022
    • Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Finian Lobhar; Sixth Century disciple of St. Columba; founded a church and monastery at Innisfallen; became abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin; called "Lobhar"--"the leper"--because he had contracted the disease from a boy whom he had cured; died 560
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/16/22
    • Gospel: Matthew 20:17-28
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 15, 2022
    • Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Louise de Marillac, 1591-1660; after being widowed, she worked with St. Vincent de Paul; became the co-foundress of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, aring for the sick, poor, and neglected
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/15/22
    • Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 14, 2022
    • Monday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Matilda, 892-968; married Henry the Fowler, who eventually ascended to the German throne; Matilda was noted for her piety and charitable works; widowed in 936; built three convent and a monastery; died at the monastery at Quedlinburg
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 12, 2022
    • Saturday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Seraphina, 1238-1253; born to a poor family; known for self-denial and acts of penance; struck with a mysterious disease which disfigured and paralyzed her; died on the feast of St. Gregory the Great, as foretold by him to her in a dream
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/12/22
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for March 11, 2022
    • Friday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Sophronius of Jerusalem, 560-638; became an ascetic in his late teens or early twenties; fled Persian invaders, and returned to Jerusalem in 619; elected patriarch of Jerusalem in 634
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/11/22
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 10, 2022
    • Thursday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. John Ogilvie, 1579-1615. born on Scottish nobility, raised a Calvinist, converted to the Catholic faith and became a Jesuit; brought many people in Scotland back to the Catholic faith; betrayed by one posing as a Catholic, and was ultimately sentenced to death
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/10/22
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:7-12
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 9, 2022
    • Wednesday of the First Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Frances of Rome, 1384-1440; married to a young nobleman who gave his blessing for Frances to serve the poor; in spite of family tragedies, Frances opened a section of her house as a hospital; founded a society of women bound by no vows who served the poor
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/9/22
    • Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 8, 2022
    • Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. John of God, 1495-1550; at the age of 40, went to Africa to free captive Christians and be martyred; after being advised against seeking martyrdom, he returned to Spain to operate a relgious goods store; inspired by St. John of Avila, he publicly beat himself, for which he was committed; eventually, he started a house to care for the sick poor; his helpers formed the Brothers Hospitallers
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/8/22
    • Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15
    50 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…