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  • Daybreak for March 6, 2021
    • Saturday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Colette, 1380-1447; born in France, became a Franciscan tertiary, living as a solitary; left her cell in 1406 in response to a dream directing her to reform the Poor Clares; founded 17 convents with the reformed rule, and reforrmed several older convents; known for her sanctity, ecstacies, and visions of the Passion
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/6/21
    • Gospel: Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for March 5, 2021
    • Friday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. John Joseph of the Cross, 1654-1734; Franciscan, put in charge of establishing a new friary before he was even ordained; appointed novice master, guardian, and provincial; know for his humility
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/5/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 4, 2021
    • Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Casimir, 1458-1483; dedicated himself to lifelong celibacy at a young age; after an unsuccessful military intervention in Hungary, he vowed never to become in wars; reigned briefly as King of Poland in his father’s absence
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/4/21
    • Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 3, 2021
    • Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Katharine Drexel, 1858-1955; gave up the wealth into which she was born to serve Native Americans and other people of color; Mother Drexel opened black Catholics schools in 13 states, plus 40 mission centers and 23 rural schools; founded Xavier University, New Orleans, the first Catholic university in the United States for African-Americans
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/3/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 20:17-28
    50 min
  • Daybreak for March 2, 2021
    • Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Agnes of Bohemia, 1205-1282; daughter of the king and queen of Bohemia; refused numerous suitors to enter religious life; built a hospital for the poor, and financed construction of a Poor Clare monastery in Prague; known for prayer, obedience, and mortification
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/2/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12
    50 min
  • Daybreak for February 27, 2021
    • Saturday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Leander of Seville, 534-600; monk who became bishop of Seville; helped to convert the Visigoths; first bishop to introduce the Nicene Creed at mass
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/27/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for February 26, 2021
    • Friday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Isable of France, 1225-1270; sister of St. Louis, and daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile; lived a life of virginity, consecrated to God; ministered to the sick and poor; founded the Franciscan Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Paris, and lived there without becoming a nun
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/26/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26
    50 min
  • Daybreak for February 25, 2021
    • Thursday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Walburga, 710-779; sister of Saints Willibald and Winebald; assisted St. Boniface in his missionary work in Germany; became abbess of the double monstery founded by Winebald
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/21
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:7-12
    50 min
  • Daybreak for February 24, 2021
    • Wednesday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Adela, 1067-1137; daughter of William the Conqueror; married Stephen III, Count of Blois; endowed abbeys and churches; after being widowed, Adela became a nun, and lived in the convent until her death
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/24/21
    • Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
    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…