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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 11, 2024Daybreak for March 11, 2024 Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Eulogius of Cordoba; a noted scholar of scripture, he was arrested in 850; after his release, he was named bishop 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 3/11/24 Gospel: John 4:43-54 ...more52minPlay
March 10, 2024Daybreak for March 10, 2024 Fourth Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/10/24 Gospel: John 3:14-21 ...more1hPlay
March 09, 2024Daybreak for March 9, 2024 Saturday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Frances of Rome, 1384-1440; attracted to the religious life in her youth, but her parents had picked a nobleman for her husband; Frances and her brother-in-law's wife set out to serve the poor together; Frances requested and was given permission to found a society of women bound by no vows--they simply offered themselves to God and to the service of the poor Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/9/24 Gospel: Luke 18:9-14 ...more1hPlay
March 08, 2024Daybreak for March 8, 2024 Friday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of St. John of God, 1495-1550; came to a true conversion at the age of 40, when he went to Africa, hoping to be martyred; he was advised that this was not spiritually sound, so he returned to Spain and a religious goods store; he was moved by a sermon of St. John of Avila, and publicly beat himself, begging mercy; he was committed to a mental hospital, where he was visited by St. John of Avila, who advised him to become involved in tending to the needs of others; John of God established a house to tend to the needs of the sick poor, and lived a deep interior life; 20 years after his death, his followers formed the Brothers Hospitallers Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/8/24 Gospel: Mark 12:28-34 ...more52minPlay
March 07, 2024Daybreak for March 7, 2024 Thursday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity; lived in the Third and Fourth Centuries in Carthage, North Africa; Perpetua, 22, was a noblewoman with an infant son; she refused to deny her Christian faith; Felicity was a slavewoman and expectant mother; they and three companions were sent to the public games in the amphitheater; Perpetua and Felicity were beheaded, the others were killed by beasts in 203 A.D.; Perpetua's diary ends the day before the games, and it was finished by an eyewitness Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/7/24 Gospel: Luke 11:14-23 ...more52minPlay
March 06, 2024Daybreak for March 6, 2024 Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Colette, 1380-1447; orphaned at 17, she became a Franciscan tertiary, living in Corby Abbey, near Picardy, France; she left in response to a dream directing her to reform the Poor Claires; she founded seventeen convents with the reformed rule, and reformed several older convents; known for her sanctity, ecstasies, and visions of the Passion; prophesied her own death Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/6/24 Gospel: Matthew 5:17-19 ...more52minPlay
March 05, 2024Daybreak for March 5, 2024 Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. John Joseph of the Cross, 1654-1739; became a Franciscan at the age of 16; three years after his profession, he was sent to found a monastery in Piedmont; he built another convent, and became master of novices, and later, provincial of the province of Naples; he suffered much, and was the victim of numerous calumnies, but succeeded in his work of instilling in his subjects a double spirit of contemplation and penance Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/5/24 Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35 ...more52minPlay
March 04, 2024Daybreak for March 4, 2024 Monday of the Third Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Casimir, 1458-1483; even as a teenager, he lived a highly disciplined life, sleeping on the ground, spending much of the night in prayer, and dedicating himself to lifelong celibacy; nobles in Hungary asked Casimir's father, the king of Poland, to send his son to take over the country; Casimir found that his army was outnumbered, and returned home, where his father exiled him for three months; Casimir returned to prayer and study; he briefly served as king of Poland during his father's absence; he died of lung problems at the age of 25 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/4/24 Gospel: Luke 4:24-30 ...more52minPlay
March 03, 2024Daybreak for March 3, 2024 Third Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/3/24 Gospel: John 2:13-25 ...more1hPlay
March 02, 2024Daybreak for March 2, 2024 Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Agnes of Bohemia, 1200-1282; daughter of King Ottocar and Queen Constance of Hungary; betrothed to Emperor Frederick II of Germany, but refused the marriage and became a Poor Claire; gifted with miracles Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/2/24 Gospel: Lukke 5:1-3, 11-32 ...more1hPlay
FAQs about Daybreak:How many episodes does Daybreak have?The podcast currently has 1,961 episodes available.