by RQue Royal Design | Jun 10, 2020 | Saint of the Day
All we know of Barnabas is to be found in the New Testament. A Jew, born in Cyprus and named Joseph, he sold his property, gave the proceeds to the Apostles, who gave him the name Barnabas, and lived in common with the earliest converts to Christianity in Jerusalem....
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 10, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Thursday June 11, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 11:21-26; 13:1-3Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6Gospel, Matthew 10:7-13 Reading 1, Acts 11:21-26; 13:1-3 21 The Lord helped them, and a great number believed and were converted to the Lord. 22 The...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 9, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Martyr with Amantius, Caerealis, and Primitivus. He was the husband of St. Symphorosa. An officer in the Roman army, he resigned when he became a Christian and returned to his estates near Tivoli, Italy. There he converted Caerealis, an imperial legate sent to arrest...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 9, 2020 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, First Kings 18:20-39 20 Ahab called all Israel together and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah stepped out in front of all the people. ‘How long’, he said, ‘do you mean to hobble first on one leg then on the other? If Yahweh...
by RQue Royal Design | Jun 8, 2020 | Saint of the Day
“I was born in the way of truth: though my childhood was unaware of the greatness of the benefit, I knew it when trial came.” Ephrem (or Eprhaim) the Syrian left us hundreds of hymns and poems on the faith that inflamed and inspired the whole Church, but...
