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Saint of the Day
St. Grimbald: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 08, 2024
Benedictine abbot also called Grimwald, invited to England by King Alfred in 885. Grimbald arrived in England and declined the see of Canterbury, preferring to remain a monk. He became the abbot of New Minster Abbey at Winchester appointed by King Edward the Elder....
Bl. Ralph Milner: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 07, 2024
English martyr. He was born at Stocksteads, Hampshire, and was a convert. He was arrested the day he received his first Communion. A husbands man by trade, Ralph was allowed a leave from prison and aided priests and Catholics. He was executed at Winchester on July by...
St. Maria Goretti: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 06, 2024
Born on October 16 1890 in Corinaldo, in the Ancona Province in Italy, her farmworker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. When he died of malaria, Maria's mother had to struggle to feed her children. Maria's mother, brothers, and sisters worked in...
St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 05, 2024
Cofounder of the Barnabites. Born in 1502 in Cremona, Italy, Anthony became a medical doctor. In 1528 he was ordained a priest and cofounded the Barnabites, the religious congregation so called because it was headquartered in St. Barnabas Monastery in Milan. The...
St. Elizabeth of Portugal: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 04, 2024
Elizabeth was a Spanish princess who was given in marriage to King Denis of Portugal at the age of twelve. She was very beautiful and very lovable. She was also very devout, and went to Mass every day. Elizabeth was a holy wife, but although her husband was fond of...
St. Thomas: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, July 03, 2024
St. Thomas was born a Jew and was called to be one of the twelve Apostles. His birth and death dates are unknown, but his feast day is celebrated July 3. He lived before the formal establishment of the Catholic Church but is recognized as the patron saint of...
St. Bernardino Realino: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 02, 2024
St. Bernardino Realino was born into a noble family of Capri, Italy in 1530. After receiving a thorough and devout Christian education at the hands of his mother, he went on to study medicine at the University of Bologna, but after three years he switched to law and...
St. Junipero Serra: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 01, 2024
Junípero Serra, originally named Miguel José, was born on November 24, 1713, in Petra, Majorca, Spain. His parents, Antonio Nadal Serra and Margarita Rosa Ferrer, were farmers. Baptized at St. Peter's Church in Petra on the same day, Junípero would go on to become a...
First Martyrs of the See of Rome: Saint of the Day for Sunday, June 30, 2024
The holy men and women are also called the Â?Protomartyrs of Rome.Â? They were accused of burning Rome by Nero , who burned Rome to cover his own crimes. Some martyrs were burned as living torches at evening banquets, some crucified, others were fed to wild animals....
St. Peter: Saint of the Day for Saturday, June 29, 2024
Peter, who was also known as Simon Peter of Cephas, is considered the first Pope. Despite his papacy, Peter had humble beginnings and became one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was ordained by Jesus in the "Rock of My Church" written in Matthew 16:17-18, which...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Monday, July 08, 2024
Reading 1, Hosea 2:16, 17-18, 21-22 16 But look, I am going to seduce her and lead her into the desert and speak to her heart.17 There I shall give her back her vineyards, and make the Vale of Achor a gateway of hope. There she will respond as when she was young, as...
Daily Readings for Sunday, July 07, 2024
Reading 1, Ezekiel 2:2-5 2 As he said these words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.3 He said, 'Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have been...
Daily Readings for Saturday, July 06, 2024
Reading 1, Amos 9:11-15 11 On that Day, I shall rebuild the tottering hut of David, make good the gaps in it, restore its ruins and rebuild it as it was in the days of old,12 for them to be master of what is left of Edom and of all the nations once called mine -Yahweh...
Daily Readings for Friday, July 05, 2024
Reading 1, Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 4 Listen to this, you who crush the needy and reduce the oppressed to nothing,5 you who say, 'When will New Moon be over so that we can sell our corn, and Sabbath, so that we can market our wheat? Then, we can make the bushel-measure...
Daily Readings for Thursday, July 04, 2024
Reading 1, Amos 7:10-17 10 Amaziah the priest of Bethel then sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel as follows, 'Amos is plotting against you in the heart of the House of Israel; the country cannot tolerate his speeches.11 For this is what Amos says, "Jeroboam is going...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, July 03, 2024
Reading 1, Ephesians 2:19-22 19 So you are no longer aliens or foreign visitors; you are fellow-citizens with the holy people of God and part of God's household.20 You are built upon the foundations of the apostles and prophets, and Christ Jesus himself is the...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Reading 1, Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 1 Listen, Israelites, to this prophecy which Yahweh pronounces against you, against the whole family which I brought up from Egypt:2 You alone have I intimately known of all the families of earth, that is why I shall punish you for all...
Daily Readings for Monday, July 01, 2024
Reading 1, Amos 2:6-10, 13-16 6 Yahweh says this: For the three crimes, the four crimes of Israel, I have made my decree and will not relent: because they have sold the upright for silver and the poor for a pair of sandals,7 because they have crushed the heads of the...
Daily Readings for Sunday, June 30, 2024
Daily Reading for Sunday June 30, 2024 Reading 1, Wisdom 1:13-15,2:23-24Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13Gospel, Mark 5:21-43Reading 2, Second Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Wisdom...
Daily Readings for Saturday, June 29, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 12:1-11 1 It was about this time that King Herod started persecuting certain members of the church.2 He had James the brother of John beheaded,3 and when he saw that this pleased the Jews he went on to arrest Peter as well.4 As it was during the days...