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...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 8, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Tobit 11:5-15 5 Anna was sitting, watching the road by which her son would come.6 She was sure at once it must be he and said to the father, ‘Here comes your son, with his companion.’7 Raphael said to Tobias before he reached his father,...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 7, 2023 | Saint of the Day
St. William of York, Bishop (Feast day is June 8th). William of York was the son of Count Herbert, treasurer to Henry I. His mother Emma, was the half-sister of King William. Young William became treasurer of the church of York at an early age and was elected...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 7, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 2 Remember the long road by which Yahweh your God led you for forty years in the desert, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart — whether you would keep his commandments or not.3 He humbled you, he made you feel...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 6, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his mother to the great St. Boniface. After studying in a monastery in Waitham, in Hampshire, he went on a pilgrimage to Rome (c. 722) with his...
