by RQue Royal Design | Jun 12, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Saint Anthony was born Fernando Martins in Lisbon, Portugal. He was born into a wealthy family and by the age of fifteen asked to be sent to the Abbey of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, the then capital of Portugal. During his time in the Abbey, he learned theology and Latin....
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 12, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 4:7-15 7 But we hold this treasure in pots of earthenware, so that the immensity of the power is God’s and not our own.8 We are subjected to every kind of hardship, but never distressed; we see no way out but we never despair;9 we...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 11, 2025 | Saint of the Day
John Gonzales de Castrillo was born at Sahagun, Leon Spain. He was educated by the Benedictine monks of Fagondez monastery there and when twenty, received a canonry from the bishop of Burgos, though he already had several benefices. He was ordained in 1445; concerned...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 11, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 3:15-4:1, 3-6 15 As it is, to this day, whenever Moses is read, their hearts are covered with a veil,16 and this veil will not be taken away till they turn to the Lord.17 Now this Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is,...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 10, 2025 | Saint of the Day
All we know of Barnabas is to be found in the New Testament. A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property, gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas, and lived in common with the earliest converts to Christianity in Jerusalem....
