by RQue Royal Design | Feb 18, 2021 | Saint of the Day
Alvarez was born in either Lisbon, Portugal, or Cordova, Spain. He entered the Dominican convent at Cordova in 1368. He became known for his preaching prowess in Spain and Italy, was confessor and adviser of Queen Catherine, John of Gaunt’s daughter, and tutor...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 18, 2021 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Isaiah 58:1-9 1 Shout for all you are worth, do not hold back, raise your voice like a trumpet. To my people proclaim their rebellious acts, to the House of Jacob, their sins.2 They seek for me day after day, they long to know my ways, like a nation that...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 17, 2021 | Saint of the Day
In St. Matthew’s Gospel, we read of St. Simon or Simeon who is described as one of our Lord’s brethren or kinsmen. His father was Cleophas, St. Joseph’s brother, and his mother, according to some writers, was our Lady’s sister. He would...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 17, 2021 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Thursday February 18, 2021 Reading 1, Deuteronomy 30:15-20Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6Gospel, Luke 9:22-25 Reading 1, Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15 ‘Look, today I am offering you life and prosperity, death and disaster.16 If you obey the...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 16, 2021 | Saint of the Day
Founder and mystic, one of the first Servants of Mary or Servites. The son of a wealthy merchant in Florence, Italy, Alexis and six companions joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin in Florence in 1225. Gathered together on the Feast of the Assumption in 1233,...
