by RQue Royal Design | Feb 12, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Catherine was born in Florence in 1522. Her baptismal name was Alexandrina, but she took the name of Catherine upon entering religion. From her earliest infancy she manifested a great love of prayer, and in her sixth year, her father placed her in the convent of...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 12, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, James 1:12-18 12 Blessed is anyone who perseveres when trials come. Such a person is of proven worth and will win the prize of life, the crown that the Lord has promised to those who love him.13 Never, when you are being put to the test, say, ‘God is...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 11, 2024 | Saint of the Day
He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi) in a particularly lax period in the city’s history and who were inspired by a vision on the feast of the Assumption to take up a life of solitude and prayer....
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 11, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, James 1:1-11 1 From James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes of the Dispersion.2 My brothers, consider it a great joy when trials of many kinds come upon you,3 for you well know that the testing of your faith...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 10, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Paschal was the son of Bonosus, a Roman. He studied at the Lateran, was named head of St. Stephen’s monastery, which housed pilgrims to Rome, and was elected Pope to succeed Pope Stephen IV (V) on the day Stephen died, January 25, 817. Emperor Louis the Pious...
