by Web_Archangels | Apr 14, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Paternus.The first 5th century saint. He followed his father’s path by becoming a hermit in Wales. He founded the monastery at the great church of Paternus, and became a bishop of that region. He was known for his preaching, charity and mortifications....
by Web_Archangels | Apr 14, 2024 | Daily Reading
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by Web_Archangels | Apr 13, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Lydwine is the patroness of sickness Lydwine of Schiedam was born at Schiedam, Holland, one of nine children of a working man. After an injury in her youth, she became bedridden and suffered the rest of her life from various illnesses and diseases. She experienced...
by Web_Archangels | Apr 13, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 13 It is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our ancestors, who has glorified his servant Jesus whom you handed over and then disowned in the presence of Pilate after he had given his verdict to release him.14 It was you who...
by Web_Archangels | Apr 12, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Martin I lay too sick to fight on a couch in front of the altar when the soldiers burst into the Lateran basilica. He had come to the church when he heard the soldiers had landed. But the thought of kidnapping a sick pope from the house of God didn’t stop the...
