by RQue Royal Design | Sep 12, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. John, named Chrysostom (golden-mouthed) on account of his eloquence, came into the world of Christian parents, about the year 344, in the city of Antioch. His mother, at the age of 20, was a model of virtue. He studied rhetoric under Libanius, a pagan, the most...
by RQue Royal Design | Sep 12, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27 16 In fact, preaching the gospel gives me nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion and I should be in trouble if I failed to do it.17 If I did it on my own initiative I would deserve a reward; but if I do it under...
by RQue Royal Design | Sep 11, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Bishop and preacher, one of the saints whose life has been woven into the myths and legends of Ireland. He was a known disciple of St. Patrick, and is called Albeus in some records. What is known about Ailbhe is that he was a missionary in Ireland, perhaps sponsored...
by RQue Royal Design | Sep 11, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Corinthians 8:1-7, 11-13 1 Now about food which has been dedicated to false gods. We are well aware that all of us have knowledge; but while knowledge puffs up, love is what builds up.2 Someone may think that he has full knowledge of something and yet...
by RQue Royal Design | Sep 10, 2024 | Saint of the Day
The holy confessor Paphnutius was an Egyptian who, after having spent several years in the desert under the direction of the great St. Antony, was made bishop in the Upper Thebaid. He was one of those confessors who under the Emperor Maximinus lost the right eye, were...
