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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for March 20, 2025
    • Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Martin of Braga, 520-580; born in Pannonia, along the Danube;he made a pilgrimage to Palestine and then settled in Spain; regarded as one of the outstanding scholars of his age, he converted many Arians, built Dumium Monastery, and then became bishop of Braga and metropolitan of Galicia; several of his treatises have survived
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/20/25
    • Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 19, 2025
    • Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary
    • Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/19/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 18, 2025
    • Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 315-386; raised in Jerusalem and well-educated, especially in the scriptures; as a priest, he was given the task during Lent of catechizing those preparing for Baptism and catechizing the newly baptized during the Easter season; folllowing his consecration, conflict rose between Cyril and Acacius, bishop of the rival nearby see of Caesarea, and an Arian; Cyril was condemned, driven from Jerusalem, and later vindicated; upon his return to Jerusalem, he found the city torn with heresy, schism and strife, and wracked with crime; even Saint Gregory of Nyssa, who was sent to help, left in despair; the two went to the council of Constantinople, where Cyril accepted the word consubstantial—that is, Christ is of the same substance or nature as the Father; the bishops of the Council praised Cyril as a champion of orthodoxy against the Arians
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/18/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 17, 2025
    • Monday of the Second Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Patrick, 415-493; Patrick called himself both a Roman and a Briton; at 16, he and a large number of his father’s slaves and vassals were captured by Irish raiders and sold as slaves in Ireland; Patrick escaped and returned to Britain at the age of 22; his great desire was to proclaim the Good News to the Irish; despite opposition from those who felt his education had been defective, he was sent to carry out the task; he ordained many priests, divided the country into dioceses, held Church councils, founded several monasteries and continually urged his people to greater holiness in Christ; in a short time, Ireland was prepared to send out missionaries who were largely responsible for Christianizing Europe
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/17/25
    • Gospel: Luke 6:36-38
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 15, 2025
    • Saturday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Louise de Marillac, 1591-1660; following the death of her husband, she met St. Vincent de Paul, and worked with him for the rest of her life, directing his Ladies of Charity in their work of caring for the sick, the poor, and the neglected; in 1633, she set up a training center for candidates seeking to help in her work--the beginning of the Sisters (or Daughters) of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (though it was not formally approved until 1655); Louise traveled all over France establishing her Sisters in hospitals, orphanages, and other institutions; by the time of her death, the Congregation had more than forty houses in France; since then they have spread all over the world
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/15/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for March 14, 2025
    • Friday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Matilda; Tenth Century daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark; married Henry the Fowler, son of Duke Otto of Saxony, in the year 909; he succeeded his father as Duke in the year 912 and in 919 succeeded King Conrad I to the German throne; she was noted for her piety and charitable works; she was widowed in 936; she was severely criticized by her sons Otto and Henry for what they considered her extravagant charities, so she resigned her inheritance to them, and retired to her country home; in 955, she built three convents and a monastery; she was left in charge of the kingdom when Otto went to Rome in 962 to be crowned Emperor (often regarded as the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire); she spent most of the declining years at the convent at Nordhausen she had built; she died at the monastery at Quedlinburg on March 14, 968
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/14/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 13, 2025
    • Thursday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Heldrad; Ninth Century Benedictine abbot who devised ways of rescuing travelers in the Alps; a noble from Provence, France, he set out on a pilgrimage to Rome, entered the abbey of Novalese in the Italian Alps, became abbot, and ruled for thirty years; he built a hospice and added to the abbey's library; Heldrad died in 842 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/13/25
    • Gospel: Matthew7:7-12
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 12, 2025
    • Wednesday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Nicomedia; Third- and early Fourth-Century chamberlain to emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia; arrested for being a Christian at the beginning of the last great persecution by the Roman Empire; Peter was tortured and roasted to death over a fire in 303 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/12/25
    • Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 11, 2025
    • Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Eulogius of Cordoba; noted scripture scholar; wrote "Exhortation to Martyrdom" for two young virgin martyrs; he was named archbishop of Cordoba; 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 3/11/25
    • Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15
    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…