Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for May 8, 2024
    • Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Tarantaise, 1102-1175; entered the Cistercian order at twenty, and became the first abbot of Tamie, in the Tarantase mountains, at 30; named archbishop of Tarantaise at 42, and devoted much energy to reforming the diocese, purging the clergy of corrupt and immoral members, aiding the poor, and promoting education; he defended papal rights in France, and mediated between King Louis VII of France and then-Prince Henry II of England
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/8/24
    • Gospel: John 16:12-15
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 7, 2024
    • Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. John of Beverly; became a monk of Whitby, and then was named bishop of Hexham in 687, and metropolitan of York in 705; known for his holiness, his preference for the contemplative life, and his miracles; resigned in 717, and returned to Beverly Abbey, which he had founded, and died there in 721
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/7/24
    • Gospel: John 16:5-11
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 6, 2024
    • Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Petronax, 670-747; joined the Benedictines, and in 717 was asked by Pope St. Gregory to inspect the ruins of Monte Cassino, damaged by the Lombards in 580; Petronax gathered the hermits, and began rebuilding; he was elected abbot, and ruled Monte Cassino for three decades
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/6/24
    • Gospel: John 15:26-16:4
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 4, 2024
    • Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Florian; office in the Roman army in the days of Diocletian; surrendered himself as a Christian, and was scourged twice, half-flayed alive, set on fire, and finally thrown into the river Enns with a stone around his neck; his body was recovered and moved to the Augustinian Abbey of St. Florian, near Linz; it was later transferred to Rome; many miracles of healing are attributed to Florian's intercession
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/4/24
    • Gospel: John 15:18-21
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for May 3, 2024
    • Feast of Saints Philip and James, apostles
    • Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/3/24
    • Gospel: John 14:6-14
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 2, 2024
    • Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Memorial of St. Athanasius, 296-373; as bishop of Alexandria, he fought the heresy of Arianism; five times he was sent into exile, but experienced about ten years of relative peace; his dogmatic and historical writings are almost all polemic, directed against every aspect of Arianism
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/2/24
    • Gospel: John 15:9-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for May 1, 2024
    • Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker; instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1955 to encourage greater devotion to St. Joseph, and as a response to the "May Day" communist celebrations
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 5/1/24
    • Gospel: John 15:1-8
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 30, 2024
    • Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of Pope St. Pius V, 1504-1572; elected in 1566, and given the task of implementing the reforms called for by the Council of Trent; he ordered the founding of seminaries, published a new missal, new breviary, and new catechism; he built hospitals, and gave money to the poor; he continued to wear his Dominican habit, leading to the custom of the pope wearing a which cassock
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 29, 2024
    • Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter
    • Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church, 1347-1380; joined the Dominican Third Order at 18, and soon had a group of followers; her letters began to take more and more note of public affairs; she worked 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, praying and pleading on behalf of the cause of Pope Urban VI and the unity of the Church
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/29/24
    • Gospel: John 14:21-26
    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…