by RQue Royal Design | Jun 5, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Norbert was born at Xanten in the Rhineland, about the year 1080. The early part of his life was devoted to the world and its pleasures. He entered upon the ecclesiastical state in a worldly spirit. The thunderstorm had boiled up suddenly as Norbert was out...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 5, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Timothy 2:8-15 8 Remember the gospel that I carry, ‘Jesus Christ risen from the dead, sprung from the race of David’;9 it is on account of this that I have to put up with suffering, even to being chained like a criminal. But God’s...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 4, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Winfrith had expected to return to England from Friesland (in what is now Holland) in triumph. He had left the land where he was a respected scholar, teacher, and priest because he was convinced he was called to missionary work. He had argued and pestered his abbot...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 4, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12 1 From Paul, apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God in accordance with his promise of life in Christ Jesus,2 to Timothy, dear son of mine. Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.3 Night...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 3, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Founder of the Minor Clerks Regular with St. John Augustine Adorno. He was born in 1563, a member of a noble Neapolitan family. Though he had a rare skin disease, much like leprosy, Francis became a priest, at which time his skin disease disappeared. In 1588, he...
