Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for April 24, 2021
    • Saturday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, 1577-1622; lawyer who became a Franciscan Capuchin monk; as a missionary to Switzerland, he was so successful the he was suspected of being a spy; martyred in a church in Seewis
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/24/21
    • Gospel: John 6:60-69
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 23, 2021
    • Friday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. George, 280-303; martyr who suffered at Lydda in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine; legends of dragon-slaying, rescuing the king’s daughter, and converting Libya are products of a Twelfth Century Italian fable; patron of england, Portugal, Germany, Aragon, Catalonia, Genoa, Milan, and Bologna
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/23/21
    • Gospel: John 6:52-59
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 22, 2021
    • Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Tarbula; Fourth Century virgin and martyr, sister of St. Simeon “The Persian,” bishop and martyr; Tarbula was accused of practicing witchcraft and causing the wife of the anti-Christina Persian king to become ill; Tarbula was condemned and put to death in 345 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/22/21
    • Gospel: John 6:44-51
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 21, 2021
    • Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Anselm, bishop and doctor of the Church, 1033-1109; led the monastery of Bec in Normandy; appointed archbishop of Canterbury in 1093, but had disagreements with two kings of England, and went into exile twice
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/21/21
    • Gospel: John 6:35-40
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 20, 2021
    • Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Agnes of Montepulciano, 1268-1317; assisted in the foundation of a new convent in Procena; established a convent in Montepulciano under the Dominican rule, and governed there until her death; noted for her visions; still revered in Tuscany
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/20/21
    • Gospel: John 6:30-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 19, 2021
    • Monday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Alphege of Canterbury, 954-1012; as bishop of Winchester, England, he was so generous to the poor that no beggars were to be found in his diocese; as archbishop of Canterbury, he offered himself to invading Danes in the place of his own people, and he was placed in a dungeon; freed after an epidemic among the Danes, he was later stoned and axed to death in Greenwich
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/19/21
    • Gospel: John 6:22-29
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 17, 2021
    • Saturday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Robert of Chaise Dieu, 1000-1067; settled near Brioude, Auvergne, with a former hermit, attracted followers, and built the abbey of Casa Dei
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/17/21
    • Gospel: John 6:16-21
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 16, 2021
    • Friday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Bernadette Soubirous, 1844-1879; child of a poor miller in Lourdes, France; received 18 appearances of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a cave above the banks of Gave River; eventually entered the Sisters of Notre Dame of Nevers; died at the age of 35
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/16/21
    • Gospel: John 6:1-15
    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…