by RQue Royal Design | Jun 12, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Saint Anthony was born Fernando Martins in Lisbon, Portugal. He was born into a wealthy family and by the age of fifteen asked to be sent to the Abbey of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, the then capital of Portugal. During his time in the Abbey, he learned theology and Latin....
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 12, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Kings 18:41-46 41 Elijah said to Ahab, ‘Go back now, eat and drink; for I hear the approaching sound of rain.’42 While Ahab went back to eat and drink, Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel and bowed down to the ground, putting his face...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 11, 2024 | Saint of the Day
John Gonzales de Castrillo was born at Sahagun, Leon Spain. He was educated by the Benedictine monks of Fagondez monastery there and when twenty, received a canonry from the bishop of Burgos, though he already had several benefices. He was ordained in 1445; concerned...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 11, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Kings 18:20-39 20 Ahab called all Israel together and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.21 Elijah stepped out in front of all the people. ‘How long’, he said, ‘do you mean to hobble first on one leg then on the other? If Yahweh...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 10, 2024 | Saint of the Day
All we know of Barnabas is to be found in the New Testament. A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property, gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas, and lived in common with the earliest converts to Christianity in Jerusalem....
