by RQue Royal Design | Jun 14, 2023 | Saint of the Day
When Hortense decided to marry Laurent Cousin in Pibrac, France, it was not out of love for his infant daughter. Germaine was everything Hortense despised. Weak and ill, the girl had also been born with a right hand that was deformed and paralyzed. Hortense replaced...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 14, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 3:15-4:1, 3-6 15 As it is, to this day, whenever Moses is read, their hearts are covered with a veil,16 and this veil will not be taken away till they turn to the Lord.17 Now this Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is,...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 13, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Patriarch of Constantinople, modem Istanbul. He was born in Syracuse, Sicily, and builta monastery on the island of Chios. After some time in Constantinople, he was sent to Rome in 815 as the representative of Patriarch Nicephorus, who was exiled by Emperor Leo V the...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 13, 2023 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 3:4-11 4 Such is the confidence we have through Christ in facing God;5 it is not that we are so competent that we can claim any credit for ourselves; all our competence comes from God.6 He has given us the competence to be ministers of a...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 12, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Saint Anthony was born Fernando Martins in Lisbon, Portugal. He was born into a wealthy family and by the age of fifteen asked to be sent to the Abbey of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, the then capital of Portugal. During his time in the Abbey, he learned theology and Latin....