by RQue Royal Design | Aug 11, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Martyr of Vietnam. He was the mayor of a town in Vietnam when the persecution of Christians started. Michael was martyred with Blessed Anthony Dich, his son-in-law, and with St. James Nam. He was canonized in 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Excellent content provided by...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 11, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28 2 On the fifth of the month — it was the fifth year of exile for King Jehoiachin-3 the word of Yahweh was addressed to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi, in Chaldaea by the River Chebar. There the hand of Yahweh came on him.4 I...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 10, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi on July 16, 1194, as Chiara Offreduccio, the beautiful eldest daughter of Favorino Sciffi, Count of Sasso-Rosso and his wife Ortolana. Tradition says her father was a wealthy representative of an ancient Roman family and her...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 10, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Kings 19:4-8 4 He himself went on into the desert, a day’s journey, and sitting under a furze bush wished he were dead. ‘Yahweh,’ he said, ‘I have had enough. Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.’5 Then he lay...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 9, 2024 | Saint of the Day
The year was 258 A.D. It was a difficult beginning for what would become the First Christian Millennium. Hostility against the early followers of Jesus Christ was growing. The barbarism and severity of pagan Rome had begun to reach a fever pitch. It would soon lead to...
