by RQue Royal Design | Jun 7, 2020 | 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, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Monday June 8, 2020 Reading 1, First Kings 17:1-7Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8Gospel, Matthew 5:1-12 Reading 1, First Kings 17:1-7 1 Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘By the life of Yahweh, God of...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 6, 2020 | 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...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 6, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Sunday June 7, 2020 Reading 1, Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9Responsorial Psalm, Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56Gospel, John 3:16-18Reading 2, Second Corinthians 13:11-13 Reading 1, Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 4 So he cut two tablets of stone like the first and, with the two...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 5, 2020 | Saint of the Day
St. Norbert was born at Xanten in the Rhineland, about the year 1080. The early part of his life was devoted to the world and its pleasures. He entered upon the ecclesiastical state in a worldly spirit. The thunderstorm had boiled up suddenly as Norbert was out...