Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for May 20, 2026
    • Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Bernardine of Siena, 1380-1444; the greatest preacher of his time; at age 20, when the plague hit, he volunteered to run the hospital in Siena; at 22, he entered the Franciscan order, and was ordained two years later; he lived in solitude and prayer for almost a dozen years, but was ultimately called to preach; he strongly emphasized scholarship and further study of theology and canon law; he returned to preaching the last two years of his life, and died while traveling
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/20/26
    • Gospel: John 17:11b-19
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 19, 2026
    • Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Maria Bernarda Butler, 1848-1924; Swiss saint who founded the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary, Help of Christians and was a missionary in Ecuador; eventually, her congregation had houses in Colombia, Austria, and Brazil
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/19/26
    • Gospel: John 17:1-11a
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 18, 2026
    • Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. John I, 470-526; elected to the papacy in 523; Theodoric the Great to travel to the Byzantine Empire, led by Justin I; the pope obliged, but neither Justin nor the pope changed their views of the heresy of Arianism; when Pope St. John I returned, he was arrested for conspiracy and died a martyr in prison from poor treatment and neglect
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/18/26
    • Gospel: John 16:29-33
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 15, 2026
    • Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer, 1070-1130; spent most of his life working in the fields of a farm outside of Madrid; he was favored with celestial visions and, it is said, the angels sometimes helped him in his work in the fields; he is the patron of farmers, and in 1947, he was declared the patron of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference in the United States
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/15/26
    • Gospel: John 16:20-23
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 14, 2026
    • Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (for some areas)--commemorating Jesus' return to His Father in heaven
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/14/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20
    1 hr
  • Daybreak May 13, 2026
    • Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima; in 1917, Our Lady appeared to three children in Fatima, Portugal, promising that Heaven would grant peace to all the world if Her requests for prayer, reparation and consecration were heard and obeyed
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/13/26
    • Gospel: John 16:12-15
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 12, 2026
    • Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of Saints Nereus and Achilleus; First Century soldiers in the Roman army where they helped carry out the persecution of Christians; they were converted by a "miracle of faith," after which they threw down their weapons and escaped from their camp, to begin their new life in Christ; they were eventually martyred
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/12/26
    • Gospel: John 16:5-11
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 11, 2026
    • Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Odilo of Cluny, 962-1049; entered the Benedictine monastery of Cluny about 990 and received election as abbot in 994; he was beloved and respected throughout Europe for his deep austerities and his concem for the poor; he was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to the Incarnation; he died while touring his monasteries
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/11/26
    • Gospel: John 15:25-16:4a
    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…