by RQue Royal Design | Jun 21, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Thomas More was born in London on February 7, 1478. His father, Sir John More, was a lawyer and judge who rose to prominence during the reign of Edward IV. His connections and wealth would help his son, Thomas, rise in station as a young man. Thomas’ mother was...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 21, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Zechariah 12:10-11 10 But over the House of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem I shall pour out a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look to me. They will mourn for the one whom they have pierced as though for an only child, and weep for him as...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 20, 2025 | Saint of the Day
St. Aloysius was born in Castiglione, Italy. The first words St. Aloysius spoke were the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. He was destined for the military by his father (who was in service to Philip II), but by the age of 9 Aloysius had decided on a religious life, and...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 20, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 12:1-10 1 I am boasting because I have to. Not that it does any good, but I will move on to visions and revelations from the Lord.2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago — still in the body? I do not know; or out of the...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 19, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Martyr of Japan. A native of Korea, he was brought to Japan in 1591 as a prisoner of war and was subsequently converted to Christianity. Entering the Jesuits, he studied at the Jesuit seminary of Arima and worked for three decades as a catechist in both Japan and...