by RQue Royal Design | Jul 15, 2023 | Saint of the Day
According to my resources, the name Carmen is a derivation of Carmel which is one of the titles given to Our Blessed Mother, namely, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This is the patronal feast of the Carmelites. The Order of Carmelites takes its name from Mount Carmel, which...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 15, 2023 | Daily Reading
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by RQue Royal Design | Jul 14, 2023 | Saint of the Day
St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Feast day-July 15) St. Bonaventure, known as “the seraphic doctor,” was born at Bagnoregio, in the Lazio region of central Italy, in 1221. He received the name of Bonaventure in consequence of an...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 14, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Genesis 49:29-33; 50:15-24 29 Then he gave them these instructions, ‘I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,30 in the cave in the field at Machpelah, facing Mamre, in...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 13, 2023 | Saint of the Day
St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon. Her mother was an Algonquin, who was captured by the Mohawks and who took a Mohawk chief for her husband....