by RQue Royal Design | Aug 5, 2026 | Saint of the Day
Pope from 514-523, successor to St. Symmachus, and father of Pope St. Silverius Born in Frosinone, Campagna di Roma, Italy, he was an Italian, although he had a Persian name. Married and widowed prior to ordination, he succeeded St. Symmachus on July 21, 514. One of...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 5, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 9 While I was watching, thrones were set in place and one most venerable took his seat. His robe was white as snow, the hair of his head as pure as wool. His throne was a blaze of flames, its wheels were a burning fire.10 A stream of...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 4, 2026 | Saint of the Day
A disciple of Christ sent by St. Thomas to the court of King Abgar the Black, the second century Osroene ruler. Legendary accounts claim Abgar wrote to Christ asking Jesus to cure him of an intolerable and incurable illness. Abgar’s court was in Edessa in Asia...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 4, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Jeremiah 31:1-7 1 When that time comes, Yahweh declares, I shall be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.2 Yahweh says this: They have found pardon in the desert, those who have survived the sword. Israel is marching to his...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 4, 2026 | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
By Father Rich Tomkosky Saint Paul reminds us that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ unless we let something or someone to cause this to happen. What will separate us from the love of Christ will anguish, distress, or persecution, or famine, or...
