by RQue Royal Design | Jun 10, 2023 | Saint of the Day
All we know of Barnabas is to be found in the New Testament. A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property, gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas, and lived in common with the earliest converts to Christianity in Jerusalem....
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 10, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Hosea 6:3-6 3 Let us know, let us strive to know Yahweh; that he will come is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like a shower, like the rain of springtime to the earth.4 What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? For your...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 9, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Martyr with Amantius, Caerealis, and Primitivus. He was the husband of St. Symphorosa. An officer in the Roman army, he resigned when he became a Christian and returned to his estates near Tivoli, Italy. There he converted Caerealis, an imperial legate sent to arrest...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 9, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Tobit 12:1, 5-15, 20 1 When the wedding feast was over, Tobit called his son Tobias and said, ‘My son, you ought to think about paying the amount due to your fellow traveller; give him more than the figure agreed on.’5 So Tobias called his...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 8, 2023 | Saint of the Day
“I was born in the way of truth: though my childhood was unaware of the greatness of the benefit, I knew it when trial came.” Ephrem (or Eprhaim) the Syrian left us hundreds of hymns and poems on the faith that inflamed and inspired the whole Church, but...