by RQue Royal Design | Aug 17, 2025 | Saint of the Day
St. Helena was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great and an Empress of the Roman Empire. Very little is known about Helena’s early life, but it is believed she is from Drepanum (later known as Helenopolis) in Asia Minor and born into a poor family and...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 17, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Judges 2:11-19 11 The Israelites then did what is evil in Yahweh’s eyes and served the Baals.12 They deserted Yahweh, God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt, and they followed other gods, from those of the surrounding peoples. They...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 16, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Clare was born at Montefalco, Italy, around 1268. As a young woman she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries. This group established Holy Cross Convent at Montefalco in 1290, adopting the Rule of St. Augustine. Clare’s sister Joan was the abbess of this...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 16, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 4 The chief men then said to the king, ‘You must have this man put to death: he is unquestionably disheartening the remaining soldiers in the city, and all the people too, by talking like this. This man is seeking not the welfare...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 15, 2025 | Saint of the Day
St. Stephen the Great (977-1038), was the son of the Magyar chieftain Geza, Stephen succeeded him as leader in 997. Already raised a Christian, in 996 he wed the daughter of Duke Henry II of Bavaria and devoted much of his reign to the promotion of the Christian...
