by RQue Royal Design | Jul 7, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Benedictine abbot also called Grimwald, invited to England by King Alfred in 885. Grimbald arrived in England and declined the see of Canterbury, preferring to remain a monk. He became the abbot of New Minster Abbey at Winchester appointed by King Edward the Elder....
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 7, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29 1 When Isaac had grown old, and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he summoned his elder son Esau. ‘Son!’ he said, and Esau replied, ‘Here I am.’2 He then said, ‘Look, I am old and do not...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 6, 2023 | Saint of the Day
English martyr. He was born at Stocksteads, Hampshire, and was a convert. He was arrested the day he received his first Communion. A husbands man by trade, Ralph was allowed a leave from prison and aided priests and Catholics. He was executed at Winchester on July by...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 6, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Genesis 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67 1 The length of Sarah’s life was a hundred and twenty-seven years.2 She died at Kiriath-Arba — now Hebron — in the land of Canaan, and Abraham proceeded to mourn and bewail her.3 Then rising from beside...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 5, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Born on October 16 1890 in Corinaldo, in the Ancona Province in Italy, her farmworker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. When he died of malaria, Maria’s mother had to struggle to feed her children. Maria’s mother, brothers, and...
