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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for May 5, 2021
    • Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Hilary of Arles, 401-449; became bishop of Arles at the age of 29; assisted the poor, ransomed captives, and became a great orator; a man of talent and piety
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/5/21
    • Gospel: John 15:1-8
    54 min
  • Daybreak for May 4, 2021
    • Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. John Payne, 1532-1582; born in England, ordained in Douai, France, in 1576; returned to England, and was arrested; after release, he departed, but returned, and was arrested again; imprisoned and tortured in the Tower of London, and then executed; one of the Martyrs of England and Wales canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/4/21
    • Gospel: John 14:27-31
    54 min
  • Daybreak for May 3, 2021
    • Feast of Saints Philip and James, two of the Twelve; Philip invited Nathaneal to meet Jesus; James is sometimes called “James the Less,” to distinguish him from the son of Zebedee
    • Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/3/21
    • Gospel: John 14:6-14
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 1, 2021
    • Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker; instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1955, to emphasize the relationship between St. Joseph and the dignity of human work
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/1/21
    • Gospel: John 14:7-14
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 30, 2021
    • Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Pius V, 1504-1572; charged with implementing the reforms of the Council of Trent; continued wearing his Dominican habit which led to the custom of the pope wearing a white cassock
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/30/21
    • Gospel: John 14:1-6
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 29, 2021
    • Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1380; entered the Dominican Third Order at the age of 18; when the Great Schism began in 1378, Catherine prayed on behalf of the cause of Pope Urban VI and the unity of the Church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/29/21
    • Gospel: John 13:16-20
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 28, 2021
    • Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chanel, 1803-1841; achieved limited success evangelizing natives of Futuna Island, northeast of Fiji; within two years after his martyrdom, the entire island had become Catholic; first martyr of Oceania and its patron
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/28/21
    • Gospel: John 12:44-50
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 27, 2021
    • Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Zita, 1212-1272; worked most of her life as a housekeeper for a wealthy family, but always made time to go to mass and say prayers; she also visited the sick and those in prison; on her death, people acclaimed her as a saint; patroness of domestic workers
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/27/21
    • Gospel: John 10:22-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 26, 2021
    • Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Paschasiu Radbertus, 785-865; Benedictine theologian and abbot; prolific writer, the author of several biblical commentaries
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/26/21
    • Gospel: John 10:1-10
    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…