by RQue Royal Design | Aug 25, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Born in Catalonia, Spain, she overcame many difficulties in her youth and eventually became a teacher at Lerida. Desirous to enter the religious life, she failed to win entry into the convent at the advice of her spiritual...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 25, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Thessalonians 2:1-8 1 You know yourselves, my brothers, that our visit to you has not been pointless.2 Although, as you know, we had received rough treatment and insults at Philippi, God gave us the courage to speak his gospel to you fearlessly, in...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 24, 2025 | Saint of the Day
St. Louis, King of France, patron of Tertiaries, was the ninth of his name. He was born at Poissy, France, in 1214. His father was Louis VIII, and his mother was Blanche, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castille, surnamed the Conqueror. At the age of twelve he lost his...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 24, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Thessalonians 1:2-5, 8-10 2 We always thank God for you all, mentioning you in our prayers continually.3 We remember before our God and Father how active is the faith, how unsparing the love, how persevering the hope which you have from our Lord Jesus...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 23, 2025 | Saint of the Day
St. Bartholomew, 1st. century, one of the 12. All that is known of him with certainty is that he is mentioned in the synoptic gospels and Acts as one of the twelve apostles. His name, a patronymic, means “son of Tolomai” and scholars believe he is the same...