Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for April 19, 2025
    • Saturday of Holy Week
    • Saint of the Day: St. Timon; one of the seven deacons chosen by the apostles to minister to the Nazarene community of Jerusalem; mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/19/25
    • Gospel: Luke 24:1-12
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 17, 2025
    • Holy Thursday
    • Saint of the Day: St. Robert of Chaise Dieu; 11th Century Benedictine abbot and founder, born in Auvergne, France; after becoming a priest and canon of St. Julian’s in Brioude, he founded a hospice; he then gave himself over to the spiritual direction of St. Odilo at Cluny, France; after making a pilgrimage to Rome, he was moved to give up his life at Cluny and to settle near Brioude; there he attracted followers and built the abbey of Casa Dei to house the burgeoning community of three hundred monks; St. Robert died in 1067
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/17/25
    • Gospel: John 13:1-15
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 16, 2025
    • Wednesday of Holy Week
    • Saint of the Day: St. Bernadette Soubirous, 1844-1879; first child of an extremely poor miller in the town of Lourdes in southern France; on February 11, 1858, she received the first of 18 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary; few visions have ever undergone the scrutiny that these appearances of the Immaculate Virgin were subject to; Lourdes became one of the most popular Marian shrines in the world, attracting millions of visitors
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/16/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 26:14-25
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 15, 2025
    • Tuesday of Holy Week
    • Saint of the Day: St. Hunna, the "Holy washerwoman"; she was a Seventh-Century noblewoman who devoted herself to the poor of Strasbourg, France; she was the daughter of a duke and wife of Huno of Hunnaweyer; she even washed the poor
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/15/25
    • Gospel: John 13:21-33, 36-38
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 14, 2025
    • Monday of Holy Week
    • Saint of the Day: St. Lydwine, 1380-1433; born in Holland; suffered a fall while ice skating in 1396, when a friend collided with her and caused her to break a rib on the right side; she never fully recovered; an abscess formed inside her body which later burst and caused Lydwine extreme suffering; she later suffered a series of mysterious illnesses which in retrospect seemed to be from the hands of God; Lydwine accepted her plight as the will of God and offered up her sufferings for the sins of humanity; she experienced mystical gifts, including supernatural visions of heaven, hell, purgatory, apparitions of Christ, and the stigmata
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/14/25
    • Gospel: John 12:1-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 12, 2025
    • Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Zeno of Verona; a native of Africa, he became bishop in 362, and was an ardent opponent of the Arian heresy; he promoted discipline among the clergy and in liturgical life, built a Cathedral, and founded a convent; he wrote extensively on the virgin birth of Christ and other matters, and was the subject of many legends; St. Zeno died in 371 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/12/25
    • Gospel: John 11:45-56
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 11, 2025
    • Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Stanislaus of Krakow, 1030-1079; after ordination, he was appointed preacher and archdeacon to the bishop of Krakow, and then became bishop of Krakow himself in 1072; during an expedition against the Grand Duchy of Kiev, Stanislaus became involved in the political situation of Poland; he attacked the evils of the peasantry and the king, especially the unjust wars and immoral acts of King Boleslaus II; the king repented, but reverted to his old ways; Stansislaus resumed his criticisms despite threats of treason and death; finally, he excommunicated the king, who ordered soldiers to kill the bishop; they refused, so the king killed Stanislaus with his own hands
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/11/25
    • Gospel: John 10:31-42
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 10, 2025
    • Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Michael de Sanctis, 1591-1625; born in Catalonia, Spain, and announced his intention to become a monk when he was six; joined the Trinitarian Friars at Barcelona in 1603; he was ordained a priest and twice served as Superior of the house in Valladolid; after his death at the age of 35, many miracles were attributed to him
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/10/25
    • Gospel: John 8:51-59
    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…