by RQue Royal Design | Aug 4, 2023 | Saint of the Day
A disciple of Christ sent by St. Thomas to the court of King Abgar the Black, the second century Osroene ruler. Legendary accounts claim Abgar wrote to Christ asking Jesus to cure him of an intolerable and incurable illness. Abgar’s court was in Edessa in Asia...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 4, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Leviticus 25:1, 8-17 1 Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai and said:8 “You will count seven weeks of years — seven times seven years, that is to say a period of seven weeks of years, forty-nine years.9 And on the tenth day of the seventh month...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 3, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney, known as John in English, was born May 8, 1786 in Dardilly, France and was baptized the same day. He was the fourth of six children born to Matthieu and Marie Vianney. John was raised in a Catholic home and the family often helped the poor...
by RQue Royal Design | Aug 3, 2023 | Daily Reading
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by RQue Royal Design | Aug 2, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Lydia Purpuraria (1st century) was born at Thyatira (Ak-Hissar), a town in Asia Minor, famous for its dye works, (hence, her name which means purple seller). She became Paul’s first convert at Philippi. She was baptized with her household, and Paul stayed at her...
