by RQue Royal Design | May 30, 2023 | Saint of the Day
Benedictine abbess and miracle worker. She was the daughter of Count Berthold of Andechs, in modem Bavaria, Germany. The count and his wife, Sophia, founded a monastery on their esÂtate at Diessen, Bavaria, and placed Mechtildis there at the age of five. She became a...
by RQue Royal Design | May 30, 2023 | Daily Reading
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by RQue Royal Design | Feb 19, 2021 | Saint of the Day
Wulfric (d. 1154) + hermit and miracle worker. Born at Compton Martin, near Bristol, England, he became a priest and was excessively materialistic and worldly. After meeting with a beggar, he underwent a personal conversion and became a hermit at Haselbury; Somerset,...
by RQue Royal Design | Feb 19, 2021 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Saturday February 20, 2021 Reading 1, Isaiah 58:9-14Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6Gospel, Luke 5:27-32 Reading 1, Isaiah 58:9-14 9 Then you will cry for help and Yahweh will answer; you will call and he will say, ‘I am here.’...
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...
