by RQue Royal Design | Aug 2, 2026 | Saint of the Day
Lydia Purpuraria (1st century) was born at Thyatira (Ak-Hissar), a town in Asia Minor, famous for its dye works, (hence, her name which means purple seller). She became Paul’s first convert at Philippi. She was baptized with her household, and Paul stayed at her...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 2, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Jeremiah 28:1-17 1 That same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, a Gibeonite, spoke as follows to Jeremiah in the Temple of Yahweh in the presence of the...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 1, 2026 | Saint of the Day
Christians who breathed a sigh of relief when Constantine proclaimed Christianity the state religion, believing this would end the bloodshed and martyrdom. But it was all too short a time until they were facing persecution once more — from others who claimed to...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 1, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Isaiah 55:1-3 1 Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty; though you have no money, come! Buy and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money, free!2 Why spend money on what cannot nourish and your wages on what fails to satisfy? Listen carefully to me,...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 31, 2026 | Saint of the Day
Bishop, Doctor of the Church, and the founder of the Redemptorist Congregation. He was born Alphonsus Marie Antony John Cosmos Damien Michael Gaspard de Liguori on September 27,1696, at Marianella, near Naples, Italy. Raised in a pious home, Alphonsus went on retreats...
