by RQue Royal Design | Dec 4, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Sabas was born at Mutalaska, Cappadocia, near Caesarea. He was the son of an army officer there who when assigned to Alexandria, left him in the care of an uncle. Mistreated by his uncle’s wife, Sabas ran away to another uncle, though he was only eight. When the...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 4, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Isaiah 29:17-24 17 Is it not true that in a very short time the Lebanon will become productive ground, so productive you might take it for a forest?18 That day the deaf will hear the words of the book and, delivered from shadow and darkness, the eyes of the...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 3, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Saint John Damascene has the double honor of being the last but one of the fathers of the Eastern Church, and the greatest of her poets. It is surprising, however, how little that is authentic is known of his life. The account of him by John of Jerusalem, written some...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 3, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Isaiah 26:1-6 1 That day, this song will be sung in Judah: ‘We have a fortress city, the walls and ramparts provide safety.2 Open the gates! Let the upright nation come in, the nation that keeps faith!3 This is the plan decreed: you will guarantee...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 2, 2025 | Saint of the Day
St. Francis Xavier was a Navarrese-Basque Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre on April 7, 1506. His father was a privy counselor and finance minister to King John III of Navarre. He was the youngest in his family and resided in a castle which...
