Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for February 27, 2026
    • Friday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Anne Line, 1563-1601; disowned by her father after she married a Catholic, Robert Line; Robert was arrested, exiled, and died in Flanders, Belgium; Anne remained in England, where she hid Catholic priests in a London safe house until her arrest; she was hanged in Tyburn
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/27/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 26, 2026
    • Thursday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Isabel of France, 1225-1270; sister of St. Louis and daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile; she refused offers of marriage to continue her life of virginity consecrated to God; she ministered to the sick and the poor, and after the death of her mother, founded the Franciscan Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary; she lived there in austerity, but never became a nun and refused to become abbess; she died there in 1270
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/26/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 7:7-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 25, 2026
    • Wednesday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Victorinus; Third Century citizen of Corinth, Greece, he was exiled with a group of fellow Christians to Egypt during the persecutions under Emperor Numerian; Victor and the others had been exiled in 249 and lived in Egypt; under Governor Sabinus they were arrested again, brutally tortured, and finally executed at Diospolis in 284
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/26
    • Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 24, 2026
    • Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Adela, 1067-1137; youngest daughter of William the Conqueror; in 1080 she married Stephen of Blois; throughout her life, Adela had an active role in English politics; she was famed for endowing churches and monastic institutions
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/24/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 23, 2026
    • Monday of the First Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Polycarp, 69-155; a letter addressed to him by St. Ignatius tells him to care for the Church and his own surviving epistle shows he encouraged the Philippians on the path of righteousness; St. Iraneus praises his defense of orthodoxy and his energy in combating heresy; during a visit to Rome, St. Polycarp spoke to the bishop, Anicetus, who agreed to let the Eastern churches calculate the date of Easter in their own way; Polycarp was arrested and martyred during a pagan festival in Smyrna, when he refused to deny Christ
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/23/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 25: 31-46
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 21, 2026
    • Saturday after Ash Wednesday
    • Commemoration of St. Peter Damian, 1007-1072; born in Italy, and joined a Benedictine hermitage, eventually becoming its prior; he wrote against simony, wantonness, and worldliness among religious leaders; upon his consecration as Bishop, St. Peter Damian stressed even more the importance of a unified Church and a morally exemplary clergy
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/26
    • Gospel: Luke 5:27-32
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for February 20, 2026
    • Friday after Ash Wednesday
    • Saint of the Day: St. Wulfric, 1080-1154; born in England, became a priest, and was excessively materialistic and worldly; after meeting with a beggar, he became a hermit, and devoted himself to rigorous austerities' he was known for his miracles and prophecies; Wulfric was a very popular saint during the Middle Ages, and his tomb was visited by many pilgrims
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/20/26
    • Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for February 19, 2026
    • Thursday after Ash Wednesday
    • Saint of the Day: St. Barbatus of Benevento, 612-682; born in Italy, ordained in Marcona; he was sent to Benevento, where he evangelized and converted many; when the assault of the Byzantine emperor ended and peace came, Barbatus was named bishop of Benevento; he attended the Council of Constantinople in 680, and died in Benevento in 682
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/26
    • Gospel: Luke 9:22-25
    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…