by RQue Royal Design | Jun 19, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Sirach 48:1-14 1 Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring like a torch.2 It was he who brought famine on them and decimated them in his zeal.3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, three times also he brought down fire.4 How...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 18, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Romuald was born at Ravenna about the year 956. In spite of an infinite desire for virtue and sanctity, his early life was wasted in the service of the world and its pleasures. Then one day, obliged by his father, Sergius, to be present at a duel fought by him, he...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 18, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Kings 2:1, 6-14 1 This is what happened when Yahweh took Elijah up to heaven in the whirlwind: Elijah and Elisha set out from Gilgal,6 Elijah said, ‘Elisha, you stay here, Yahweh is only sending me to the Jordan.’ But he replied,...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 17, 2024 | Saint of the Day
St. Gregory Barbarigo was born in 1625, of a very old and distinguished Venetian family. A brilliant student, he embraced a diplomatic career and accompanied the Venetian Ambassador, Contarini, to the Congress of Munster in 1648. Then he became a priest and was soon...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 17, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Kings 21:17-29 17 Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite,18 ‘Up! Go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, in Samaria. You will find him in Naboth’s vineyard; he has gone down to take possession of it.19 You are to say this to him,...
