by RQue Royal Design | Dec 13, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 1 Let the desert and the dry lands be glad, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom; like the asphodel,2 let it burst into flower, let it rejoice and sing for joy. The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon;...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 12, 2025 | Saint of the Day
Lucy’s history has been lost and all we really know for certain is that this brave woman who lived in Syracuse lost her life during the persecution of Christians in the early fourth century. Her veneration spread to Rome so that by the sixth century the whole...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 12, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11 1 Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring like a torch.2 It was he who brought famine on them and decimated them in his zeal.3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, three times also he brought down fire.4...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 11, 2025 | Saint of the Day
An elder Mexican man makes his way to Mass in the early morning twilight of December 9, 1531. He is a peasant, a simple farmer and laborer, and he has no education. Born under Aztec rule, he is a convert to Catholicism, and each step he takes this morning is a step...
by RQue Royal Design | Dec 11, 2025 | Daily Reading
Reading 1, Isaiah 7:10-14 10 Yahweh spoke to Ahaz again and said:11 Ask Yahweh your God for a sign, either in the depths of Sheol or in the heights above.12 But Ahaz said, ‘I will not ask. I will not put Yahweh to the test.’13 He then said: Listen now,...