by RQue Royal Design | Apr 17, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church. Apollonius was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by one of his slaves. The Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius Perennis, arrested him,...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 17, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Acts 8:26-40 26 The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, ‘Set out at noon and go along the road that leads from Jerusalem down to Gaza, the desert road.’27 So he set off on his journey. Now an Ethiopian had been on pilgrimage to Jerusalem;...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 16, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Anicetus was a Syrian from Emesa. He became pope about 155 and actively opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism. His pontificate saw the appearance of the controversy between East and West over the date of Easter. St. Polycarp, a disciple of John, is reported to have...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 16, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Acts 8:1-8 1 Saul approved of the killing. That day a bitter persecution started against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except the apostles scattered to the country districts of Judaea and Samaria.2 There were some devout people, however, who buried...
by RQue Royal Design | Apr 15, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Bernadette was born in Lourdes, France on January 7, 1844. Her parents were very poor and she was the first of nine children. She was baptized at St. Pierre’s, the local parish church, on January 9. As a toddler, Bernadette contracted cholera and suffered...
