by RQue Royal Design | Jan 15, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Irish monastic founder, the brother of Sts. Foillan and Ulan, praised by St. Bede. Fursey was born on the island of Inisguia en Lough Carri, Ireland, as a noble. He founded Rathmat Abbey, now probably Killursa. In 630 Fursey and his friends went to East Anglia,...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 15, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Hebrews 3:7-14 7 That is why, as the Holy Spirit says: If only you would listen to him today!8 Do not harden your hearts, as at the rebellion, as at the time of testing in the desert,9 when your ancestors challenged me, and put me to the test, and saw what...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 14, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Also known as Paul the First Hermit and Paul of Thebes, an Egyptian hermit and friend of St. Jerome. Born in Lower The baid, Egypt, he was left an orphan at about the age of fifteen and hid during the persecution of the Church under Emperor Traj anus Decius. At the...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 14, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Hebrews 2:14-18 14 Since all the children share the same human nature, he too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could set aside him who held the power of death, namely the devil,15 and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 13, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Felix was the son of Hermias, a Syrian who had been a Roman soldier. He was born on his father’s estate at Nola near Naples, Italy. On the death of his father, Felix distributed his inheritance to the poor, was ordained by Bishop St. Maximus of Nola, and became...
