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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for April 29, 2025
    • Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
    • Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, 1347-1380; entered the Dominican Third Order at age 18, and spent the next three years in seclusion, prayer, and austerity; a group of followers developed; Catherine's letters began to take more note of public affairs, as she worked tirelessly for the crusade against the Turks and for peace between Florence and the pope; the Great Schism began in 1378, and Catherine spent the last two years of her life in Rome, in prayer and pleading on behalf of the cause of Pope Urban VI and the unity of the Church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/29/25
    • Gospel: John 3:7b-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 28, 2025
    • Monday in the Second Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chanel, 1803-1841; born in France; as a young priest, he revived a parish simply by showing great devotion to the sick; joined the Marists at the age of 28, and taught seminary for five years; he then traveled to West Oceana; on the island of Futuna, northeast of Fiji, the accompanying bishop said he would be back in six months, but didn't return for five years; Peter baptized a few natives, and instructed a few more; when the chieftain's son sought baptism, Peter was clubbed to death; in two years, the entire island had become Catholic, and remains so
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/28/25
    • Gospel: John 3:1-8
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 26, 2025
    • Saturday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Cletus; the third bishop of Rome, succeeding St. Linus; Cletus reigned as pope from 76 to 89 A.D.; he is styled as a martyr; he was buried near St. Linus, on the Vatican, and his relics remain in that church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/26/25
    • Gospel: Mark 16:9-15
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 24,2025
    • Thursday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, 1577-1622; born in Germany; he was a practicing lawyer, traveling across Europe as a tutor to aristocrats but then started defending the poor; in 1612, he became a Franciscan Capuchin monk; his mission to Swtzerland was so successful that some Protestants believed him to be a spy for the Austrian emperor; he was stabbed to death in a church id Seewis
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/24/25
    • Gospel: Luke 24:35-48
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 23, 2025
    • Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. George, 280-303; a martyr who suffered at Lydda in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine; however, the story of George’s slaying the dragon, rescuing the king’s daughter, and converting Libya is a 12th-century Italian fable; George was a favorite patron saint of crusaders
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/23/25
    • Gospel: Luke 24:13-35
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 22, 2025
    • Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Tarbula; Fourth-Century virgin and martyr, the sister of St. Simeon, the Persian bishop and martyr; she was a consecrated virgin, and met her own martyrdom soon after the death of her brother; accused of practicing witchcraft and of causing sickness to befall the wife of the ardently anti-Christian Persian king Shapur, she was condemned and executed by being sawed in half
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/22/25
    • Gospel: John 20:11-18
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 21, 2025
    • Monday in the Octave of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Conrad of Parzham, 1818-1894; born in Bavaria, and became a Capuchin lay brother in 1849; for more than thirty years, Conrad served as porter or doorkeeper of the shrine of Our Lady of Altotting, and he was known for his Marian devotions; he had the gift of prophecy, and of reading people's hearts; he died in Altotting
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/21/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 28:8-15
    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…