by RQue Royal Design | Jun 1, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Though we know very little about these two martyrs under Diocletian, there is no question that the early church venerated them. Evidence of the respect in which they were held are the basilica Constantine built over their tombs and the presence of their names in the...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 1, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 12 ‘ “Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as Yahweh your God has commanded you.13 Labour for six days, doing all your work,14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath for Yahweh your God. You must not do any work that day,...
by RQue Royal Design | May 31, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Christian apologist, born at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, converted to Christianity about A.D. 130, taught and defended the Christian religion in Asia Minor and at Rome, where he suffered martyrdom about the year 165. Two “Apologies” bearing his name...
by RQue Royal Design | May 31, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Jude 1:17, 20-25 17 But remember, my dear friends, what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.20 But you, my dear friends, must build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit;21 keep yourselves within the...
by RQue Royal Design | May 30, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Benedictine abbess and miracle worker. She was the daughter of Count Berthold of Andechs, in modem Bavaria, Germany. The count and his wife, Sophia, founded a monastery on their esÂtate at Diessen, Bavaria, and placed Mechtildis there at the age of five. She became a...
