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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 Father’... more
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,961 episodes available.
March 31, 2024Daybreak for March 31, 2024 Easter Sunday Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/31/24 Gospel: John 20:1-9 ...more1hPlay
March 30, 2024Daybreak for March 30, 2024 Holy Saturday Saint of the Day: St. John Climacus, 525-606; Syrian or Palestinian, he lived for many years as a hermit on Mount Sinai; he wrote "The Ladder of Perfection" to provide a comprehensive treatise on the ideal of Christian perfection and the virtues and vices of the monastic life; he was elected abbot of the monks on Mount Sinai at the age of 70, and died there Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/30/24 Gospel: Mark 16:1-7 ...more1hPlay
March 29, 2024Daybreak for March 29, 2024 Good Friday - The commemoration of the Passion and Death of the Lord Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/29/24 Gospel: John 18:1-19:42 ...more52minPlay
March 28, 2024Daybreak for March 28, 2024 Holy Thursday Saint of the Day: St. Venturino of Bergamo, 1304-1346; Dominican who became a brilliant preacher; in 1335, he announced his intention to make a pilgrimage to Rome; Pope Benedict XII feared that Venturino would try to crown himself pope, and forbade the pilgrimage, as did the Dominicans; Venturino was unaware of the bans, and made his way to Rome, and then to Avignon, where he was arrested and imprisoned until 1343; helped to organize a crusade against the Turks, who were then menacing Europe Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/28/24 Gospel: John 13:1-15 ...more52minPlay
March 27, 2024Daybreak for March 27, 2024 Wednesday of Holy Week Saint of the Day: St. Rupert, 660-717; born to a noble Frankish family; appointed bishop of Worms, Germany; he took over the deserted town of luvavum about 697, which was renamed Salzburg, Austria, and founded a church, a monastery, and a school; brought in groups of missionaries; and established a nunnery at Nonnberg; died at Salzburg; venerated as the apostle to Bavaria and Austria Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/27/24 Gospel: Matthew 26:14-25 ...more52minPlay
March 26, 2024Daybreak for March 26, 2024 Tuesday of Holy Week Saint of the Day: St. Margaret Clitherow, 1555-1586; born in Middleton, England; married John Clitherow, and entered the Catholic Church; she harbored fugitive priests, for which she was arrested; she was condemned to be pressed to death Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/26/24 Gospel: John 13:21-33, 36-38 ...more52minPlay
March 25, 2024Daybreak for March 25, 2024 Monday of Holy Week Saint of the Day: St. Dismas, the "good thief"; a pious, unsubstantiated legend has Dismas and his partner, Gestas, robbing the Holy Family on their way to Egypt; but Dismas buys off Gestas so that they will not be harmed; and Jesus prophesies that the two will be crucified with him in Jerusalem, but that Dismas will accompany him to paradise Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/25/24 Gospel: John 12:1-11 ...more52minPlay
March 24, 2024Daybreak for March 24, 2024 Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/24/24 Gospel: Mark 15:1-39 ...more1hPlay
March 23, 2024Daybreak for March 23, 2024 Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Turbius de Mongrovejo, 1538-1606; born in Mayorga, Spain; became a lawyer, and, eventually chief-judge of the court of the inquisition at Granada; appointed archbishop of Lima, Peru, in 1580; following ordination and consecration, he arrived in Peru in 1581; he aided the poor and defended the rights of Indians suffering under Spanish occupation; he founded schools, churches, hospitals, and the first seminary in the New World; he also mastered several Indian dialects Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/23/24 Gospel: John 11:45-56 ...more1hPlay
March 22, 2024Daybreak for March 22, 2024 Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Nicholas Owen, 1550-1606; born in Oxford, England; became a carpenter, and built hiding places for Jesuit priests; became a Jesuit lay brother, and was arrested in 1594, and tortured, but refused to reveal the names of Catholic colleagues; ransomed by a wealthy Catholic; arrested again in 1606, and tortured to death; one of the 40 martyrs of England and Wales Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/22/24 Gospel: John 10:31-42 ...more52minPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,961 episodes available.