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  • Daybreak for March 19, 2024
    • Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of Mary, Patron of the Universal Church
    • Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/19/24
    • Gospel: Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 18, 2024
    • Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
    • Commemoration of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 315-386; when he became bishop of Jerusalem, conflict arose with a neighboring Arian bishop; Cyril was condemned, driven from Jerusalem, and later vindicated; this experience was repeated twice; when he returned to Jerusalem, he found it torn with heresy, schism and strife, and wracked with crime; even Saint Gregory of Nyssa, who was sent to help, left in despair; they both went to the Council of Constantinople, where the amended form of the Nicene Creed was promulgated in 381
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/18/24
    • Gospel: John 8:1-11
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 16, 2024
    • Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Finian Lobhar; Sixth Century Irish abbot and disciple of St. Columba; born in Leinster, Ireland; founded a church and monastery at Innisfallen; after a stay in Clonmore, he became abbot of Sword's Abbey, near Dublin; he was called "Lobhar," "the leper," because he contracted the disease from a young boy whom he had cured; died 560 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/16/24
    • Gospel: John 7:40-53
    1 hr
  • Daybreak for March 15, 2024
    • Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Aristobulus; one of the seventy-two sent out into the world by the early Church; possibly mentioned by St. Paul; believed to be Zebedee, the father of James and John; Aristobulus preached in Britain, though documentation is lacking; died in the First Century
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/15/24
    • Gospel: John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 14, 2024
    • Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Mathilda, 895-968; given in marriage to Henry the Fowler, who eventually became King of Germany; as queen, Mathilda visited and comforted the sick and the afflicted, instructed the ignorant, succored prisoners, and endeavored to convert sinners; when King Henry died, Mathilda gave up all worldly pomp; of her three sons, Otho afterward became Emperor, Henry was Duke of Bavaria, and St. Bruno  became Archbishop of Cologne
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/14/24
    • Gospel: John 5:31-47
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 13, 2024
    • Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Agnellus of Pisa, 1195-1236; received into the Franciscans by St. Francis of Assisi, who sent him to Paris to start a Franciscan mission; Agnellus was then sent to England, where they began the Franciscan English province; he became friends with King Henry III, who called upon him to avert a civil war; during negotiations, Agnellus became ill, and died at Oxford
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/13/24
    • Gospel: John 5:17-30
    52 min
  • Daybreak for March 12, 2024
    • Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
    • Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Nicomedia; a chamberlain at the court of Diocletian; arrested for being a Christian during the last great persecution of the Church at Diocletian's command; tortured and martyred in 303 A.D.
    • Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/12/24
    • Gospel: John 5:1-16
    52 min
  • Daybreak 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
    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…