by RQue Royal Design | May 9, 2020 | Saint of the Day
The man who would become St. Damien of Molokai, was born in rural Belgium, on January 3, 1840. His name was Jozef De Veuster, and he was the youngest of seven children. Growing up on the farm, Jozef was prepared to take over for his family, but he did not want the...
by RQue Royal Design | May 9, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Sunday May 10, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 6:1-7Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19Gospel, John 14:1-12Reading 2, First Peter 2:4-9 Reading 1, Acts 6:1-7 1 About this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenists made a...
by RQue Royal Design | May 8, 2020 | Saint of the Day
St. Pachomius was born about 292 in the Upeer Thebaid in Egypt and was inducted into the Emperor’s army as a twenty-year-old. The great kindness of Christians at Thebes toward the soldiers became embedded in his mind and led to his conversion after his...
by RQue Royal Design | May 8, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Saturday May 9, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 13:44-52Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 98:1, 2-3, 3-4Gospel, John 14:7-14 Reading 1, Acts 13:44-52 44 The next Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the word of God. 45 When they saw the crowds, the Jews,...
by RQue Royal Design | May 7, 2020 | Saint of the Day
Cistercian archbishop. Peter was born near Vienne, in Dauphine, France, and joined the Cistercian Order at Bonneveaux at the age of twenty with his two brothers and father. Known for his piety, at age thirty he was sent to serve as the first abbot of Tamie, in the...