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...
by RQue Royal Design | May 14, 2020 | Daily Reading
Daily Reading for Friday May 15, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 15:22-31Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 57:8-9, 10-12Gospel, John 15:12-17 Reading 1, Acts 15:22-31 22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose delegates from among themselves to send to...
by RQue Royal Design | May 13, 2020 | Saint of the Day
How does one qualify to be an apostle? The first act of the apostles after the Ascension of Jesus was to find a replacement for Judas. With all the questions, doubts, and dangers facing them, they chose to focus their attention on finding a twelfth apostle. Why was...
