by RQue Royal Design | Jun 19, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Martyr of Japan. A native of Korea, he was brought to Japan in 1591 as a prisoner of war and was subsequently converted to Christianity. Entering the Jesuits, he studied at the Jesuit seminary of Arima and worked for three decades as a catechist in both Japan and...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 19, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Saturday June 20, 2020 Reading 1, Second Chronicles 24:17-25Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 89:4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34Gospel, Luke 2:41-51 Reading 1, Second Chronicles 24:17-25 17 After Jehoiada’s death the officials of Judah came to pay court to...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 18, 2020 | Saint of the Day
St. Romuald was born at Ravenna about the year 956. In spite of an infinite desire for virtue and sanctity, his early life was wasted in the service of the world and its pleasures. Then one day, obliged by his father, Sergius, to be present at a duel fought by him, he...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 18, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Friday June 19, 2020 Reading 1, Deuteronomy 7:6-11Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10Gospel, Matthew 11:25-30Reading 2, First John 4:7-16 Reading 1, Deuteronomy 7:6-11 6 For you are a people consecrated to Yahweh your God; of all the...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 17, 2020 | Saint of the Day
St. Gregory Barbarigo was born in 1625, of a very old and distinguished Venetian family. A brilliant student, he embraced a diplomatic career and accompanied the Venetian Ambassador, Contarini, to the Congress of Munster in 1648. Then he became a priest and was soon...
