by RQue Royal Design | Dec 18, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Judges 13:2-7, 24-25 2 There was a man of Zorah of the tribe of Dan, called Manoah. His wife was barren; she had borne no children.3 The Angel of Yahweh appeared to this woman and said to her, ‘You are barren and have had no child, but you are going...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 17, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Rufus and Zosimus were citizens of Antioch (or perhaps Philippi) who were brought to Rome with St. Ignatius of Antioch during the reign of Emperor Trajan. They were condemned to death for their Christianity and thrown to wild beasts in the arena two days before the...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 17, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Jeremiah 23:5-8 5 Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall raise an upright Branch for David; he will reign as king and be wise, doing what is just and upright in the country.6 In his days Judah will triumph and Israel live in safety. And...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 16, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Olympias born into a wealthy noble Constantinople family. She was orphaned when a child and was given over to the care of Theodosia by her uncle, the prefect Procopius. She married Nebridius, also a prefect, was widowed soon after, refused several offers of marriage,...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 16, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Genesis 49:2, 8-10 2 Gather round, sons of Jacob, and listen; listen to Israel your father.8 Judah, your brothers will praise you: you grip your enemies by the neck, your father’s sons will do you homage.9 Judah is a lion’s whelp; You stand over...
