by RQue Royal Design | Jul 10, 2025 | Saint of the Day
St. Benedict is believed to have been born around 480, as the son to a Roman noble of Norcia and the twin to his sister, Scholastica. In the fifth century, the young Benedict was sent to Rome to finish his education with a nurse/housekeeper. The subject that dominated...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 10, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30 1 So Israel set out with all his possessions. Arriving at Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.2 God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, ‘Jacob, Jacob,’ he said. ‘Here I am,’ he...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 9, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Martyr with eleven companions in Lebanon. A Spanish Franciscan, Emmanuel and the others were caught up in the rising of the Druses in Lebanon. The Franciscan community, eight in number, and three Maronite laymen were slain by the Islamic rebels. He was beatified in...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 9, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Genesis 44:18-21, 23-29; 45:1-5 18 At this, Judah went up to him and said, ‘May it please my lord, let your servant have a word privately with my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.19 My lord questioned his...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 8, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Capuchin mystic who had many spiritual gifis. A native of Binasco, near Milan, Italy, born in 1660, she entered the Capuchins atCitttidi Castello, Umbria, in 1677. She remained there for the rest of her life and served as novice mistress for thirty-four years. A...
