Daybreak

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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 Fathers teachings, writing of the saints, and more.

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  • Daybreak for March 6, 2024

    06/03/2024 Duración: 51min

    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

  • Daybreak for March 5, 2024

    05/03/2024 Duración: 51min

    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

  • Daybreak for March 4, 2024

    04/03/2024 Duración: 51min

    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

  • Daybreak for March 3, 2024

    03/03/2024 Duración: 59min

    Third Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/3/24 Gospel: John 2:13-25

  • Daybreak for March 2, 2024

    02/03/2024 Duración: 59min

    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

  • Daybreak for March 1, 2024

    01/03/2024 Duración: 51min

    Friday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Aubin, 470-550; entered the monastery of Tincillac when a youth, was elected Abbot when he was thirty-five, and was named Bishop of Angers in 529; known for his generosity to the sick and the indigent, widows, and orphans, for his work in ransoming slaves, and for his holiness and the many miracles he is reputed to have performed both during his lifetime and after his death Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/1/24 Gospel: Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46

  • Daybreak for February 29, 2024

    29/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Oswald; Danish by birth, St. Oswald studied in the household of his uncle, Archbishop Odo of Fleury, France, where he was ordained; in 962, he was made bishop of Worcester, where he worked to eliminate abuses, and built many monasteries; became archbishop of York in 972; associated for most of his public life with St. Dunstan and St. Ethelwold and when he died in 992 popular veneration joined his name to theirs; one of the three who helped to revive English monasticism Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/29/24 Gospel: Luke 16:19-31

  • Daybreak for February 28, 2024

    28/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: Pope St. Hilary; born in Sardinia, pope from 461 to 468; successor to Pope St. Leo the Great; Hilary rebuilt many Roman churches and erected the chapel of St. John Lateran; validated the decisions of the General Councils of Nicaea, Ephesus, and Chalcedon; he consolidated the Church in Sandi, Africa, and Gaul; he died in Rome on February 28, 468 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/28/24 Gospel: Matthew 20:17-28

  • Daybreak for February 27, 2024

    27/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Anne Line, 1563-1601; English martyr; disowned by her father when she married a Catholic; Anne hid Catholic priests in a London safe house; she aided Jesuit Father John Gerard until her arrest; Anne was hanged in Tyburn on February 27, 1601 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/27/24 Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12

  • Daybreak for February 26, 2024

    26/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Monday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Isabel of France, 1225-1270; sister of St. Louis and daughter of King Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile, she refused offers of marriage from several noble suitors to continue her life of virginity consecrated to God; she ministered to the sick and the poor, and after the death of her mother, founded the Franciscan Monastery of the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Paris; she lived there, but never became a nun and refused to become abbess Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/26/24 Gospel: Luke 6:36-38

  • Daybreak for February 25, 2024

    25/02/2024 Duración: 59min

    Second Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/25/24 Gospel: Mark 9:2-10

  • Daybreak for February 24, 2024

    24/02/2024 Duración: 59min

    Saturday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Adela; benefactor and English princess. Adela was the youngest daughter of William the Conqueror. In 1080 she married Stephen of Blois. Throughout her life, Adela had an active role in English politics. She was famed for endowing churches and monastic institutions; she died in 1137 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/24/24 Gospel: Mark 5:43-48

  • Daybreak for February 23, 2024

    23/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Friday of the First Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Polycarp, 69-155; bishop of Smyrna, disciple of Saint John the Apostle and friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch; only one of the many letters written by Polycarp has been preserved, the one he wrote to the Church of Philippi in Macedonia; at 86, Polycarp was led into the crowded Smyrna stadium to be burned alive. The flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/23/24 Gospel: Matthew 5:20-26

  • Daybreak for February 22, 2024

    22/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Feast of the Chair of St. Peter; commemorating Christ’s choosing Peter to sit in his place as the servant-authority of the whole Church Thursday of the First Week of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/22/24 Gospel: Matthew 16:13-19

  • Daybreak for February 21, 2024

    21/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Peter Damian, 988-1072; joined the Benedictines, and became abbot; Pope Stephen IX made him cardinal-bishop of Ostia, where he battled simony, and encouraged his priests to observe celibacy and urged even the diocesan clergy to live together and maintain scheduled prayer and religious observance; upon his retirement, he continued to serve as a papal legate; on one such assignment in Ravenna, he was overcome with fever, and died with his monks gathered around him praying the Divine Office Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/24 Gospel: Luke 11:29-32

  • Daybreak for February 20, 2024

    20/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Saints of the Day: Saints Jacinta (1910-1920) and Francisco (1908-1919); Jacinta, Francisco, and their cousin Lucia Dos Santos, received apparitions of Our Lady from  May 13 to October 13, 1917, near Fatima, Portugal; they were told to learn to read and write, and to pray the rosary to bring an end to the war Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/20/24 Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

  • Daybreak for February 19, 2024

    19/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Monday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Colman of Lindisfarne, 605-675; Irish bishop of Lindisfarne, England, a disciple of St. Columba; defended Celtic ecclesiastical practices, and led a group of Irish and English monks to the Isle of Innishboffin, near Connaught, later moving the English monks to Mayo Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/19/24 Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46

  • Daybreak for February 18, 2024

    18/02/2024 Duración: 59min

    First Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/18/24 Gospel: Mark 1:12-15

  • Daybreak for February 17, 2024

    17/02/2024 Duración: 59min

    Saturday after Ash Wednesday Commemoration of the Seven Founders of the Servite Order; in 1240, seven noblemen of Florence mutually decided to withdraw from the city to a solitary place for prayer and direct service of God; in 1244, they adopted a religious habit similar to the Dominican habit, choosing to live under the Rule of St. Augustine and adopting the name of the Servants of Mary; they came to the United States from Austria in 1852 and settled in New York and later in Philadelphia; members combined monastic life and active ministry Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/17/24 Gospel: Luke 5:27-32

  • Daybreak for February 16, 2024

    16/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Friday after Ash Wednesday Saint of the Day: St. Daniel; lived in the Third and Fourth Centuries; he and four companions, Elias, Isaias, Jeremy and Samuel were Egyptians who visited Christians condemned to work in the mines of Cilicia during Maximus' persecution; they were arrested at the gates of Caesaria, Palestine, accused of being Christians, and beheaded; Porphyry, a servant of St. Pamphilus demanded that the bodies be buried, and he was tortured and then burned to death when it was found he was a Christian; Seleucus witnessed his death and applauded his constancy in the face of his terrible death; whereupon he was arrested and beheaded; St. Daniel and his companions died in 309 A.D. Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/16/24 Gospel: Mark 9:14-15

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