by RQue Royal Design | May 16, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Franciscan lay brother and mystic. Born to a peasant family at Torre Hermosa, in Aragon, on Whitsunday, he was christened Pascua in honor of the feast. According to accounts of his early life, Paschal labored as a shepherd for his father, performed miracles, and was...
by RQue Royal Design | May 16, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Sunday May 17, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 8:5-8, 14-17Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20Gospel, John 14:15-21Reading 2, First Peter 3:15-18 Reading 1, Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 5 And Philip went to a Samaritan town and proclaimed the Christ to...
by RQue Royal Design | May 15, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Although little is known about Simon Stock’s early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning “tree trunk,” derives from the fact that, beginning at age twelve, he lived as a hermit in a hollow tree trunk of an oak tree. It is also believed...
by RQue Royal Design | May 15, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Saturday May 16, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 16:1-10Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 100:1-2, 3, 5Gospel, John 15:18-21 Reading 1, Acts 16:1-10 1 From there he went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra, where there was a disciple called Timothy, whose mother was...
by RQue Royal Design | May 14, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Dymphna was born in Ireland sometime in the seventh century to a pagan father and devout Christian mother. When she was fourteen, she consecrated herself to Christ and took a vow of chastity. Soon afterward, her mother died and her father – who had loved his...
