by RQue Royal Design | Jul 25, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Sirach 44:1, 10-15 1 Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.10 But here is a list of illustrious men whose good works have not been forgotten.11 In their descendants they find a rich inheritance, their posterity.12...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 24, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Nothing is known of St. James the Greater’s early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disciple. The title “the Greater” was added to St. James’ name to help distinguish him from...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 24, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 4:7-15 7 But we hold this treasure in pots of earthenware, so that the immensity of the power is God’s and not our own.8 We are subjected to every kind of hardship, but never distressed; we see no way out but we never despair;9 we...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 23, 2023 | Saint of the Day
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 23, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Exodus 14:5-18 5 When Pharaoh king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, he and his officials changed their attitude towards the people. ‘What have we done,’ they said, ‘allowing Israel to leave our service?’6 So Pharaoh had...
