by RQue Royal Design | Jul 24, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Nothing is known of St. James the Greater’s early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disciple. The title “the Greater” was added to St. James’ name to help distinguish him from...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 24, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Saturday July 25, 2020 Reading 1, Second Corinthians 4:7-15Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6Gospel, Matthew 20:20-28 Reading 1, Second Corinthians 4:7-15 7 But we hold this treasure in pots of earthenware, so that the immensity of the...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 23, 2020 | Saint of the Day
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 23, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Friday July 24, 2020 Reading 1, Jeremiah 3:14-17Responsorial Psalm, Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12, 13Gospel, Matthew 13:18-23 Reading 1, Jeremiah 3:14-17 14 “Come back, disloyal children, Yahweh declares, for I alone am your Master, and I will take...
by RQue Royal Design | Jul 22, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Saint Birgitta was the daughter of UpplandÂ?s Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. BirgittaÂ?s family was pious; her father went to confession every Friday and made long and arduous pilgrimages as...
