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  • Daybreak for May 15, 2021
    • Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Isidore the Farmer, 1070-1130; spent most of his life as a laborer on a farm near Madrid, Spain; favored with celestial visions, and it was said that angels sometimes helped with his farm work; patron of farmers, and of Catholic Rural Life
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/15/21
    • Gospel: John 16:23-28
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 14, 2020
    • Feast of St. Matthias, apostle; chosen after the Ascension to replace Judas
    • Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/14/21
    • Gospel: John 15:9-17
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 12, 2021
    • Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of Saints Nereus and Achilleus; First Century martyrs; soldiers in the Roman army who converted, escaped, and were ultimately captured and martyred
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/12/21
    • Gospel: John 16:12-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 11, 2021
    • Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Ignatius of Laconi, 1701-1781; Capuchin friar, known for self-denial and charity; served as the official beggar for the friars in Cagliari for 40 years, though blind for the last two; instructed children, visited the sick and urged sinners to repent
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/11/21
    • Gospel: John 16:5-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 10, 2021
    • Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Damien de Veuster, aka Damien of Molokai, 1840-1889; ordained for the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; assigned to the leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai, and volunteered to remain permanently, caring for the people’s physical, medical, and spiritual needs; contracted leprosy–now known as Hansen’s disease–himself, and died of complications
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/10/21
    • Gospel: John 15:26-16:4
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 7, 2021
    • Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Rose Venerini, 1656-1728; opened a free school for girls in 1865; oversaw training of teachers and administration of schools in the Diocese of Montefiscone; she was eventually called upon to organize schools in many parts of Italy, including Rome
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/7/21
    • Gospel: John 15:12-17
    54 min
  • Daybreak for May 6, 2021
    • Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; asked by Pope St. Gregory to examine the ruins of Monte Cassino, damaged by the Lombards; restored Monte Cassino and served as its abbot for three decades
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/21
    • Gospel: John 15:9-11
    54 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…