by RQue Royal Design | Jan 24, 2021 | Saint of the Day
Carmelite Latinpatriarch and papal legate. Peter was born in Gascony, France and joined the Carmelites while still a young man. In 1342 he was appointed procurator of the order and, from Avignon, he oversaw the organization and government of the Carmelites. As Avignon...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 24, 2021 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Acts 22:3-16 3 ‘I am a Jew’, Paul said, ‘and was born at Tarsus in Cilicia. I was brought up here in this city. It was under Gamaliel that I studied and was taught the exact observance of the Law of our ancestors. In fact, I was as full of...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 23, 2021 | Saint of the Day
St. Francis de Sales was born to a noble family at Chateau de Sales in the Kingdom of Savoy near Geneva, Switzerland on August 21, 1567. He was a Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Francis was both intelligent and gentle. From a very early age, he desired to serve God....
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 23, 2021 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Sunday January 24, 2021 Reading 1, Jonah 3:1-5, 10Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9Gospel, Mark 1:14-20Reading 2, First Corinthians 7:29-31 Reading 1, Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 The word of Yahweh was addressed to Jonah a second time.2...
by RQue Royal Design | Jan 23, 2021 | Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
January 2021The current pandemic is a sufficient pastoral reason to avoid the blessing of individuals in the usual manner of touching the throat of each person with crossed candles while saying the words of the blessing. Among the challenges is the sanitizing of the...
