Daybreak

Daybreak

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Daybreak episodes

  • Daybreak for April 27, 2024
    • Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Zita, 1212-1272; born at Monte Sagrati, Italy; from the age of 13, worked as a servant; she was disliked by the other household staff because of her hard work and goodness, and her habit of giving food and clothing to the poor; they eventually were convinced one day when they found an angel filling in for Zita, doing baking and cleaning; also known for various miracles; patron saint of servants
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/27/24
    • Gospel: John 14:7-14
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 26, 2024
    • Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Cletus; the third bishop of Rome, succeeding St. Linus; he was pope from 76 to 89 A.D.; he is styled as a martyr by the Canon of the Roman mass, St. Bede, and other martyrologists; he was buried at the Vatican, near St. Linus
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/26/24
    • Gospel: John 14:1-6
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 24, 2024
    • Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, 1577-1622; a lawyer who left his career to become a Capuchin priest; as a Franciscan, he served the weak and needy; during a severe epidemic, he cared for and cured many soldiers; preached against Calvinists and Zwinglians in Switzerland, where he was set upon by armed men and killed
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/24/24
    • Gospel: John 12:44-50
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 23, 2024
    • Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Optional Memorial of St. George, 280-303; martyr who suffered at Lydda in Palestine, probably before the time of Constantine; the Church believes that he was willing to pay the supreme price to follow Christ--and it is enough; tales of him slaying a dragon, and such, are part of an Italian fable; favorite patron of crusaders
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/23/24
    • Gospel: John 10:22-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for April 22, 2024
    • Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Tarbula; Fourth Century Virgin and martyr, the sister of St. Simeon the Persian bishop and martyr; she was consecrated a virgin and met her own martyrdom soon after the death of her brother; she was accused of witchcraft, and of causing sickness to befall the wife of the ardently anti-Christian Persian king Shapur; Tarbula was condemned and executed in 345 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/22/24
    • Gospel: John 10:1-10
    52 min
  • Daybreak Saturday for April 20, 2024
    • Saturday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Agnes of Montepulciano, 1268-1317; entered the monastery of Montepulciano at the age of nine; four years later, Pope Nicholas IV asked her to assist in the foundation of a new convent at Procena; at 15, she became head of the nuns there; the people of Montepulciano built a new convent to try to lure Agnes back to them; she governed there until her death; she was noted for her visions
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/20/24
    • Gospel: John 6:60-69
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for April 19, 2024
    • Friday of the Third Week of Easter
    • Saint of the Day: St. Alphege of Canterbury, 954-1012; became abbot of the Bath monastery, and was then consecrated bishop of Winchester, and eventually elevated to the see of Canterbury; during a Danish invasion of Canterbury, Alphege offered himself, and was consigned to a dungeon; an epidemic frightened the Danes into releasing him; Alphege healed many victims of the epidemic, but the Danes still stoned and axed him to death in Greenwich
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/19/24
    • Gospel: John 6:52-59
    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…