Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for March 19, 2026
    • Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of Mary
    • Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/19/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 18, 2026
    • Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Cyril of Jerusalem; Fourth Century bishop; 24 of his catechetical instructions survive; he spent 16 of his 35 years as bishop in exile, the first inflicted by Acacius, Bishop of Caesarea, an ardent Arian who claimed jurisdiction over Jerusalem
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/18/26
    • Gospel: John 5:17-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 17, 2026
    • Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Patrick; born in 387 in Roman Britain; kidnapped and forced into slavery at age 16; he escaped Ireland and returned to Scotland, but soon became aware that he longed to minister to the Irish people; he returned to his old master, paid his own ransom, and began preaching the word of God; he is said to have baptized thousands, converted wealthy women and their sons, as well as ordained priests to carry on his work; over fifteen hundred years later, his legacy remains
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/17/26
    • Gospel: John 5:1-16
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 16, 2026
    • Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Finian Lobhar; Sixth Century Irish abbot, a disciple of St. Columba; tradition credits him with founding a church and monastery at Innisfallen; after a stay in Clonmore, Finian Lobhar became abbot of Swords Abbey near Dublin; he may have returned to Clonmore in his later years; he became known as "Lobhar"--"the leper"--because he had contracted leprosy from a young boy whom he had cured of the disease; Finian died in 560
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/16/26
    • Gospel: John 4:43-54
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 14, 2026
    • Saturday of the Third Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Boniface Curitan; Seventh Century evangelist to the Picts and Scots; probably a Roman by birth, Boniface was the bishop of Ross, England; he introduced Roman observances into the British territories and founded a vast number of parishes; he died in 660
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/14/26
    • Gospel: Luke 18:9-14
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for March 13, 2026
    • Friday of the Third Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Euphrasia of Constantinople, 380-410; a noble Roman; her mother entered a convent in Egypt, and Euphrasia, at the age of five, went with her; at the age of twelve, orphaned, she was commanded by Emperor Arcadius to marry a senator but received permission to give her wealth to the poor and remain a nun; she was known for her holiness
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/13/26
    • Gospel: Mark 12:28-34
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 12, 2026
    • Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Nicomedia; Fourth Century chamberlain at the court of Emperor Diocletian at Nicomedia; arrested for being a Christian when the last great persecution of the Church was launched; he was tortured, and eventually martyred in 303 A.D.; he is ranked as one of the first victims of the last persecution by the Roman Empire
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/12/26
    • Gospel: Luke 11:14-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 11, 2026
    • Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Eulogius of Cordoba; Ninth Century Martyred priest of Cordoba, Spain, slain by the Moors, after his arrest in 850; Eulogius was a noted scholar of Scripture he wrote Exhortation to Martyrdom for two young virgin martyrs, Flora and Mary, who were beheaded; released, Eulogius was named archbishop of Cordoba or Toledo; before being consecrated, he aided Leocritia, a young Moorish woman who had converted to Christianity; they were caught and beheaded in 859 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/11/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 10, 2026
    • Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Macarius of Jerusalem; Fourth Century bishop of Jerusalem who helped St. Helena to locate the True Cross; when Helena discovered three crosses in Jerusalem, Macarius suggested that a seriously ill woman be touched with each one; one cured the woman instantly, and was identified as the True Cross; Macanus built a church over Christ’s sepulcher which was consecrated as a basilica; Macarius died in 335 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/10/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35
    55 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…