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Saint of the Day
St. Pachomius: Saint of the Day for Saturday, May 09, 2020
St. Pachomius was born about 292 in the Upeer Thebaid in Egypt and was inducted into the Emperor's army as a twenty-year-old. The great kindness of Christians at Thebes toward the soldiers became embedded in his mind and led to his conversion after his discharge....
St. Peter of Tarantaise: Saint of the Day for Friday, May 08, 2020
Cistercian archbishop. Peter was born near Vienne, in Dauphine, France, and joined the Cistercian Order at Bonneveaux at the age of twenty with his two brothers and father. Known for his piety, at age thirty he was sent to serve as the first abbot of Tamie, in the...
St. Rose Venerini: Saint of the Day for Thursday, May 07, 2020
Blessed Rose was born at Viterbo in 1656, the daughter of Godfrey Venerini, a physician. Upon the death of a young man who had been paying court to her, she entered a convent, but after a few months had to return home to look after her widowed mother. Rose use to...
St. Dominic Savio: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Dominic Savio was born on April 2, 1842 in the village of Riva in northern Italy. His father was a blacksmith and his mother a seamstress. He had nine brothers and sisters. His family was poor but hardworking. They were devout and pious Catholics. When he was just two...
St. Hilary of Arles: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Bishop of Arles, France, and friend and relative of St. Honoratus. He was born to a noble family in Lorraine and was successful, although he gave up his secular career to join St. Honoratus at Lerins Abbey. When Honoratus died after being named the bishop of Arles,...
St. Florian: Saint of the Day for Monday, May 04, 2020
The St. Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" state that...
St. James the Lesser: Saint of the Day for Sunday, May 03, 2020
St. James the Less, the author of the first Catholic Epistle, was the son of Alphaeus of Cleophas. His mother Mary was either a sister or a close relative of the Blessed Virgin, and for that reason, according to Jewish custom, he was sometimes called the brother of...
St. Athanasius: Saint of the Day for Saturday, May 02, 2020
St. Athanasius, also known as Athanasius the Great and Athanasius the Confessor, was a bishop and doctor of the church. He is called the "Father of Orthodoxy," the "Pillar of the Church" and "Champion of Christ's Divinity." Athanasius became one of the most dedicated...
St. Marculf: Saint of the Day for Friday, May 01, 2020
Marculf is also known as Marcoul. He was born at Bayeux, Gaul, at noble parents. He was ordained when he was thirty, and did missionary work at Coutances. Desirous of living as a hermit, he was granted land by king Childebert at Nanteuil. He attracted numerous...
St. Pius V, Pope: Saint of the Day for Thursday, April 30, 2020
Pope from 1566-1572 and one of the foremost leaders of the Catholic Reformation. Born Antonio Ghislieri in Bosco, Italy, to a poor family, he labored as a shepherd until the age of fourteen and then joined the Dominicans, being ordained in 1528. Called Brother...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Saturday, May 02, 2020
Daily Reading for Saturday May 2, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 9:31-42Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17Gospel, John 6:60-69 Reading 1, Acts 9:31-42 31 The churches throughout Judaea, Galilee and Samaria were now left in peace, building themselves up and...
Daily Readings for Friday, May 01, 2020
Reading 1, Acts 9:1-20 1 Meanwhile Saul was still breathing threats to slaughter the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked for letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, that would authorise him to arrest and take to Jerusalem any followers of...
Daily Readings for Thursday, April 30, 2020
Reading 1, Acts 8:26-40 26 The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, 'Set out at noon and go along the road that leads from Jerusalem down to Gaza, the desert road.' 27 So he set off on his journey. Now an Ethiopian had been on pilgrimage to Jerusalem; he was a...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday April 29, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 8:1-8Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7Gospel, John 6:35-40 Reading 1, Acts 8:1-8 1 Saul approved of the killing. That day a bitter persecution started against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday April 28, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 7:51--8:1Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 31:3-4, 6, 7, 8, 17, 21Gospel, John 6:30-35 Reading 1, Acts 7:51--8:1 51 'You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit,...
Daily Readings for Monday, April 27, 2020
Daily Reading for Monday April 27, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 6:8-15Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30Gospel, John 6:22-29 Reading 1, Acts 6:8-15 8 Stephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. 9 Then...
Daily Readings for Sunday, April 26, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday April 26, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 2:14, 22-28Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11Gospel, Luke 24:13-35Reading 2, First Peter 1:17-21 Reading 1, Acts 2:14, 22-28 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed them in a loud...
Daily Readings for Saturday, April 25, 2020
Daily Reading for Saturday April 25, 2020 Reading 1, First Peter 5:5-14Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17Gospel, Mark 16:15-20 Reading 1, First Peter 5:5-14 5 In the same way, younger people, be subject to the elders. Humility towards one another must be...
Daily Readings for Friday, April 24, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday April 24, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 5:34-42Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 27:1, 4, 13-14Gospel, John 6:1-15 Reading 1, Acts 5:34-42 34 One member of the Sanhedrin, however, a Pharisee called Gamaliel, who was a teacher of the Law respected by the whole...
Daily Readings for Thursday, April 23, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday April 23, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 5:27-33Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 34:2, 9, 17-18, 19-20Gospel, John 3:31-36 Reading 1, Acts 5:27-33 27 When they had brought them in to face the Sanhedrin, the high priest demanded an explanation. 28 'We gave...