by RQue Royal Design | Aug 25, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Born in Catalonia, Spain, she overcame many difficulties in her youth and eventually became a teacher at Lerida. Desirous to enter the religious life, she failed to win entry into the convent at the advice of her spiritual...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 25, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12 1 Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonica which is in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ2 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.3 We must always thank God for you,...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 24, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Louis, King of France, patron of Tertiaries, was the ninth of his name. He was born at Poissy, France, in 1214. His father was Louis VIII, and his mother was Blanche, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castille, surnamed the Conqueror. At the age of twelve he lost his...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 24, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Joshua 24:1-2 1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; he then summoned all the elders of Israel, its leaders, judges and officials, and they presented themselves in God’s presence.2 Joshua then said to all the people:...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 23, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Bartholomew, 1st. century, one of the 12. All that is known of him with certainty is that he is mentioned in the synoptic gospels and Acts as one of the twelve apostles. His name, a patronymic, means “son of Tolomai” and scholars believe he is the same...
