by RQue Royal Design | Aug 10, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi on July 16, 1194, as Chiara Offreduccio, the beautiful eldest daughter of Favorino Sciffi, Count of Sasso-Rosso and his wife Ortolana. Tradition says her father was a wealthy representative of an ancient Roman family and her...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 10, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Kings 19:4-8 4 He himself went on into the desert, a day’s journey, and sitting under a furze bush wished he were dead. ‘Yahweh,’ he said, ‘I have had enough. Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.’5 Then he lay...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 9, 2024 | Saint of the Day
The year was 258 A.D. It was a difficult beginning for what would become the First Christian Millennium. Hostility against the early followers of Jesus Christ was growing. The barbarism and severity of pagan Rome had begun to reach a fever pitch. It would soon lead to...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 9, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 9:6-10 6 But remember: anyone who sows sparsely will reap sparsely as well — and anyone who sows generously will reap generously as well.7 Each one should give as much as he has decided on his own initiative, not reluctantly or...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 8, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)Virgin and Martyr Edith Stein, born in 1891 in Breslau, Poland, was the youngest child of a large Jewish family. She was an outstanding student and was well versed in philosophy with a particular interest in...
