by RQue Royal Design | Mar 23, 2026 | Saint of the Day
Abbot and miracle worker, called “the Wise.” Born in Capua, Italy, he became a monk in Monte Cassino and was called to the attention of a Princess Aloara of the region. When she built a new convent in Capua, Alder became the director of the religious in...
by RQue Royal Design | Mar 23, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Numbers 21:4-9 4 They left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt round Edom. On the way the people lost patience.5 They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is neither...
by RQue Royal Design | Mar 22, 2026 | Saint of the Day
Bishop and defender of the rights of the native Indians in Peru, Born in Mayorga, Spain, he studied law and became a lawyer and then professor at Salamanca, receiving appointment-despite being a layman-as chief judge of the court of Inquisition at Granada under King...
by RQue Royal Design | Mar 22, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Daniel 13:41-62 41 She refused to tell us. That is our evidence.’ Since they were elders of the people and judges, the assembly accepted their word: Susanna was condemned to death.42 She cried out as loud as she could, ‘Eternal God, you know all...
by RQue Royal Design | Mar 21, 2026 | Saint of the Day
A letter which St. Jerome wrote to St. Marcella provides the only information we have about St. Lea, a devout fourth century widow. Upon the death of her husband, she retired to a Roman monastery and ultimately became its Superior. Since his correspondence was...
