by RQue Royal Design | Nov 2, 2023 | Saint of the Day
St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru on December 9, 1579. Martin was the illegitimate son to a Spanish gentlemen and a freed slave from Panama, of African or possibly Native American descent. At a young age, Martin’s father abandoned him, his mother and...
by RQue Royal Design | Nov 2, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Romans 9:1-5 1 This is the truth and I am speaking in Christ, without pretence, as my conscience testifies for me in the Holy Spirit;2 there is great sorrow and unremitting agony in my heart:3 I could pray that I myself might be accursed and cut off from...
by RQue Royal Design | Nov 1, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Bishop and martyr. Originally a Greek, he became bishop of Pettau, in Pannonia (later Styria, Austria). He was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). Victorinus was also the author of several biblical cornrnentaries, although he may have...
by RQue Royal Design | Nov 1, 2023 | Daily Reading
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by RQue Royal Design | Oct 31, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Bishop and martyr of Vietnam. A native of Ellorio, Spain, he entered the Dominican Order and was sent to the Philippines. From there he went to Vietnam in 1858, serving as a vicar apostolic and titular bishop until betrayed by an apostate. He was martyred by beheading...
