by RQue Royal Design | Jan 11, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22 4 The elders of Israel all assembled, went back to Samuel at Ramah, and said,5 ‘Look, you are old, and your sons are not following your example. So give us a king to judge us, like the other nations.’6 Samuel thought...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 10, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Abbot and founder. Born at Garissus, Cappadocia (modern Turkey), in 423, he undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and after meeting with the famed St. Simeon Stylites, he entered a monastery. Later, he was named the head of a church between Jerusalem and Bethlehem, but...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 10, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Samuel 4:1-11 1 and, for all Israel, the word of Samuel was as the word of Yahweh; since Eli was very old and his sons persisted in their wicked behaviour towards Yahweh. It happened at that time that the Philistines mustered to make war on Israel and...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 9, 2024 | Saint of the Day
William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the hermit, archdeacon of Soissons, his uncle by the mother’s side. He learned from his infancy to despise the folly and emptiness of the riches and grandeur of...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 9, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20 1 Now, the boy Samuel was serving Yahweh in the presence of Eli; in those days it was rare for Yahweh to speak; visions were uncommon.2 One day, it happened that Eli was lying down in his room. His eyes were beginning to grow dim;...
