by RQue Royal Design | Aug 4, 2025 | Saint of the Day
A disciple of Christ sent by St. Thomas to the court of King Abgar the Black, the second century Osroene ruler. Legendary accounts claim Abgar wrote to Christ asking Jesus to cure him of an intolerable and incurable illness. Abgar’s court was in Edessa in Asia...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 4, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Numbers 12:1-13 1 Miriam, and Aaron too, criticised Moses over the Cushite woman he had married. He had indeed married a Cushite woman.2 They said, ‘Is Moses the only one through whom Yahweh has spoken? Has he not spoken through us too?’ Yahweh...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 3, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, known as John in English, was born May 8, 1786 in Dardilly, France and was baptized the same day. He was the fourth of six children born to Matthieu and Marie Vianney. John was raised in a Catholic home and the family often helped the poor...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 3, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Numbers 11:4-15 4 The rabble who had joined the people were feeling the pangs of hunger, and the Israelites began to weep again. ‘Who will give us meat to eat?’ they said.5 ‘Think of the fish we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers,...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 2, 2025 | 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...
