by RQue Royal Design | Apr 25, 2025 | Saint of the Day
St. Cletus was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the first disciples of St. Peter in the West. He sat twelve years, from 76 to 89. The canon of the Roman mass, (which Bossuet and all others agree...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 25, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Acts 4:13-21 13 They were astonished at the fearlessness shown by Peter and John, considering that they were uneducated laymen; and they recognised them as associates of Jesus;14 but when they saw the man who had been cured standing by their side, they...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 24, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Much of what we know about St. Mark, the author of the Second Gospel, comes largely from the New Testament and early Christian traditions. Mark the Evangelist is believed to be the ‘John Mark’ referred to in the Acts of the Apostles, the history of the...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 24, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Acts 4:1-12 1 While they were still talking to the people the priests came up to them, accompanied by the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees.2 They were extremely annoyed at their teaching the people the resurrection from the dead by proclaiming the...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 23, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Franciscan Capuchin martyr. He was born Mark Rey is Sigmaringen, Germany, in 1577. A practicing lawyer, he traveled across Europe as a tutor to aristocrats but then started defending the poor. In 1612, he became a Franciscan Capuchin monk, taking the name of Fidelis....