by RQue Royal Design | Feb 2, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Saint Blaise was the bishop of Sebastea and a doctor. The first known record of the saint’s life comes from the medical writings of AĂ«tius Amidenus, where he is recorded as helping with patients suffering from objects stuck in their throat. Many of the...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 2, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Kings 3:4-13 4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, since that was the principal high place — Solomon presented a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.5 At Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream during the night. God said,...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 1, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Joan de Lestonnac was born in Bordeaux, France, in 1556. She married at the age of seventeen. The happy marriage produced four children, but her husband died suddenly in 1597. After her children were raised, she entered the Cistercian monastery at Toulouse. Joan...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 1, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Malachi 3:1-4 1 ‘Look, I shall send my messenger to clear a way before me. And suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple; yes, the angel of the covenant, for whom you long, is on his way, says Yahweh Sabaoth.2 Who will be able to resist...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 31, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Saint Brigid was born Brigit, and shares a name with a Celtic goddess from whom many legends and folk customs are associated. There is much debate over her birthparents, but it is widely believed her mother was Brocca, a Christian baptized by Saint Patrick, and her...