by RQue Royal Design | Jan 31, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Saint Brigid was born Brigit, and shares a name with a Celtic goddess from whom many legends and folk customs are associated. There is much debate over her birthparents, but it is widely believed her mother was Brocca, a Christian baptized by Saint Patrick, and her...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 31, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 10 but he did not invite the prophet Nathan, or Benaiah, or the champions, or his brother Solomon.11 Nathan then said to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, ‘Have you not heard that, unknown to our lord David, Adonijah son of...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 30, 2024 | Saint of the Day
John Bosco, also known as Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco and Don Bosco, was born in Becchi, Italy, on August 16, 1815. His birth came just after the end of the Napoleonic Wars which ravaged the area. Compounding the problems on his birthday, there was also a drought and a...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 30, 2024 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Samuel 24:2, 9-17 2 The king said to Joab and the senior army officers who were with him, ‘Now, go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, and take a census of the people; I wish to know the size of the population.’9 Joab...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 29, 2024 | Saint of the Day
Virgin and abess, also known as Adelgundis, Aldegonde, or Orgonne. She was a member of the royal family of the Merovingians and was raised by two saints: St. Walbert and St. Bertila, her parents. The family resided in the Hainault region of Flanders, a region of the...
