by RQue Royal Design | Oct 10, 2025 | Saint of the Day
The man who would be Pope John XXIII was born in the small village of Sotto il Monte in Italy, on November 25, 1881. He was the fourth of fourteen children born to poor parents who made their living by sharecropping. Named Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the baby would...
by RQue Royal Design | Oct 10, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Joel 4:12-21 12 ‘Let the nations rouse themselves and march to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I shall sit in judgement on all the nations around.13 Ply the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come and tread, for the winepress is full; the vats are...
by RQue Royal Design | Oct 9, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Francis was a young nobleman at the court of the King of Spain. He became a Duke when he was only thirty-three and lived a happy, peaceful life with his wife Eleanor and their eight children. But unlike so many other powerful nobles, Francis was a perfect Christian...
by RQue Royal Design | Oct 9, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2 13 Priests, put on sackcloth and lament! You ministers of the altar, wail! Come here, lie in sackcloth all night long, you ministers of my God! For the Temple of your God has been deprived of cereal offering and libation.14 Order a fast,...
by RQue Royal Design | Oct 8, 2025 | Saint of the Day
The first mention we have of these three martyrs who died around 258 A.D. comes in the sixth century in the writings of Saint Gregory of Tours. Denis (or Dionysius as he is also called) is the most famous of the three. Born and raised in Italy, he was sent as a...
