by RQue Royal Design | Sep 14, 2026 | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
By Father Rich Tomkosky There is a particular sin that prevents many otherwise good people from growing into saintly people, namely, the sin of being full of anger/grudges/bitterness or any combination of those things and having a hard time forgiving those who have...
by RQue Royal Design | Sep 13, 2026 | Saint of the Day
Patroness of poor peasants and servants in the Tyrol. Born in Rattenberg, in the Tyrol, she was the daughter of peasants. At eighteen she became a servant in the household of Count Henry of Rattenberg When Notburga repeatedly gave food to the poor, she was dismissed...
by RQue Royal Design | Sep 13, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Numbers 21:4-9 4 They left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt round Edom. On the way the people lost patience.5 They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is neither...
by RQue Royal Design | Sep 12, 2026 | Saint of the Day
St. John, named Chrysostom (golden-mouthed) on account of his eloquence, came into the world of Christian parents, about the year 344, in the city of Antioch. His mother, at the age of 20, was a model of virtue. He studied rhetoric under Libanius, a pagan, the most...
by RQue Royal Design | Sep 12, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Sirach 27:30-28:7 30 Resentment and anger, these are foul things too, and a sinner is a master at them both.1 Whoever exacts vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account of sin.2 Pardon your neighbour any wrongs done to you,...
