by RQue Royal Design | Aug 16, 2024 | 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, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13, 30-32 1 The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,2 ‘Why do you keep repeating this proverb in the land of Israel: The parents have eaten unripe grapes; and the children’s teeth are set on edge?3 ‘As I live...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 15, 2024 | 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...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 15, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Ezekiel 16:59-63 59 “For the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall treat you as you have deserved for making light of an oath and breaking a covenant,60 but I shall remember my covenant with you when you were a girl and shall conclude a covenant with you...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 14, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Bishop and companion of St. Augustine. He was born in Tagaste, North Africa, and was raised as a friend of St. Augustine. He went to Rome to study law and became a magistrate there. When Augustine arrived in Rome, Alipius resigned his post and accompanied him to...
