Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for May 30, 2025
    • Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Joan of Arc, 1412-1431; born southeast of Paris, Joan was only twelve when she heard the voices of Saints Michael the Archangel, Catherine of Alexandria, and Margaret of Antioch; during the Hundred Years War, Joan led French troops against the English and recaptured the cities of Orléans and Troyes; Joan was captured near Compiegne, and accused of heresy and witchcraft; in the end, she was condemned for wearing men's clothes, and was burned at the stake; a second Church trial 25 years later nullified the verdict, which was reached under political pressure
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/30/25
    • Gospel: John 16:20-23
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 28, 2025
    • Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Bernard of Montjoux, 923-1008; born in Italy, became a priest, and was made vicar general of Aosta, and spent more than four decades doing missionary work in the Alps; he built schools and hospices, but is best remembered for the hospices he built to aid lost travelers; Bernard is the patron of mountaineers, skiiers, and the Alps
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/28/25
    • Gospel: John 16:12-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 27, 2025
    • Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury; left Rome in 596 to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons in England; King Ethelbert welcomed him kindly, set up a residence for Augustine and his monks in Canterbury, and was, himself, baptized on Pentecost Sunday, 597; Augustine was consecrated a bishop in France, and returned to Canterbury, where he built a church and monastery near the present site of the cathedral; he is the "Apostle of England"
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/27/25
    • Gospel: John 16:5-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 26, 2025
    • Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Memorial of St. Philip Neri, 1515-1595; moved to Rome at a young age, to devote his life to God; he spent 13 years engaged in prayer and apostolate; laypeople gathered around him, and they met as an informal prayer and discussion group, and also served poor people in Rome; at the urging of his confessor, Philip was ordained a priest and soon became an outstanding confessor himself, gifted with the knack of piercing the pretenses and illusions of others, though always in a charitable manner and often with a joke; some of Philip's followers became priests and lived in community, the beginning of the Oratory; Philip's characteristic virtues were humility and gaiety; he died after suffering a hemorrhage on the feast of Corpus Christi, 1595
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/26/25
    • Gospel: John 15:26-16:4a
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 24, 2025
    • Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Joanna; wife of Chuza, steward of King Herod Antipas; she was one of the women who helped provide for Jesus and the apostles; she was also one of the three women who discovered the empty tomb of Jesus on the first Easter morning
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/24/25
    • Gospel: John 16:20-23
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 23, 2025
    • Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Crispin of Viterbo, 1668-1750; born in Viterbo, Italy, studied, at the Jesuit college, and became a shoemaker; joined the Capuchin Franciscans at the age of 25, and served as gardener and cook; he called himself "the little beast of burden of the Capuchins"; during an epidemic, he effected many miraculous cures; he was also venerated for prophecies and spiritual wisdom
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/23/25
    • Gospel: John 15:12-17
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 22, 2025
    • Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Rita of Cascia, 1381-1457; born in central Italy, and wanted to become a nun, but was pressured into marrying a harsh and cruel man; she bore and raised two sons; after her husband was killed in a brawl and her sons died, she became an Augustinian nun; her austerity, prayerfulness, and charity became legendary; she frequently meditated on Christ's passion; along with St. Jude, she acquired the reputation as being a saint of impossible cases
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/22/25
    • Gospel: John 15:9-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 21, 2025
    • Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes (1869-1927) and companions; they lived under a very anti-Catholic government in Mexico, one determined to weaken the Catholic faith of its people; churches, schools, and seminaries were closed; foreign clergy were expelled; Cristópher established a clandestine seminary; he and the other priests were forced to minister secretly to Catholics; they were martyred over 22 years in eight Mexican states
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/21/25
    • Gospel: John 15:1-8
    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…