by RQue Royal Design | Jan 9, 2026 | Saint of the Day
William Berruyer, of the illustrious family of the ancient counts of Nevers, was educated by Peter the hermit, archdeacon of Soissons, his uncle by the mother’s side. He learned from his infancy to despise the folly and emptiness of the riches and grandeur of...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 9, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First John 5:14-21 14 Our fearlessness towards him consists in this, that if we ask anything in accordance with his will he hears us.15 And if we know that he listens to whatever we ask him, we know that we already possess whatever we have asked of him.16...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 8, 2026 | Saint of the Day
Born in Africa, Adrian became abbot of the monastery at Nerida, near Naples. He declined an appointment as archbishop of Canterbury, but accompanied St. Theodore to England when the latter was appointed Archbishop. Theodore appointed him Abbot of SS. Peter and Paul...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 8, 2026 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First John 5:5-13 5 Who can overcome the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?6 He it is who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with water alone but with water and blood, and it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 7, 2026 | Saint of the Day
In the year 1285, there died in the Cistercian monastery at TerDoest, near Bruges, a Norwegian bishop named Thorfinn. He had never attracted particular attention and was soon forgotten. But over fifty years later, in the course of some building operations, his tomb in...
