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Saint of the Day
St. Anthony Mary Claret: Saint of the Day for Saturday, October 24, 2020
Claretian archbishop and founder. Anthony was born in Salient in Catalonia, Spain, in 1807, the son of a weaver. He took up weaving but then studied for the priesthood, desiring to be a Jesuit. Ill health prevented his entering the Order, and he served as a secular...
St. John of Capistrano: Saint of the Day for Friday, October 23, 2020
St. John was born at Capistrano, Italy in 1385, the son of a former German knight in that city. He studied law at the University of Perugia and practiced as a lawyer in the courts of Naples. King Ladislas of Naples appointed him governor of Perugia. During a war with...
St. Pope John Paul II: Saint of the Day for Thursday, October 22, 2020
Karol J. Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929....
St. Hilarion: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Abbot and disciple of St. Anthony the Great, companion of St. Hesychius. He was born in Tabatha, Palestine, and was educated in Alexandria, Egypt. He stayed with St. Anthony in the desert there before becoming a hermit at Majuma, near Gaza, Israel. In 356, Hilarion...
St. Paul of the Cross: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, October 20, 2020
St. Paul of the Cross was born at Ovada in the Republic of Genoa, January 3, 1694. His infancy and youth were spent in great innocence and piety. He was inspired from on high to found a congregation; in an ecstacy he beheld the habit which he and his companions were...
Sts. Isaac Jogues and Rene Goupil: Saint of the Day for Monday, October 19, 2020
In 1642 the Huron country was in great distress. Harvests were poor, sickness abounded, and clothing was scarce. Quebec was the only source of supplies, and Isaac Jogues was chosen to lead an expedition. It reached its objective safely and started back well supplied...
St. Luke: Saint of the Day for Sunday, October 18, 2020
Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul's "Luke, the beloved physician" (Colossians 4:14). We know few other facts about Luke's life from Scripture and from early Church historians. It is believed that Luke was...
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Saint of the Day for Saturday, October 17, 2020
"I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire." In 107, during the reign of the brutal Emperor Trajan, this holy Bishop was...
St. Gerard Majella: Saint of the Day for Friday, October 16, 2020
St. Gerard Majella is the patron of expectant mothers. He was born in 1726 in Muro, Italy to a family of seven. Majella grew up in a poverty with a great respect for the poor. As he was just 12 when his father passed away, he was forced to grow up fast. Shortly after...
St. Teresa of Avila: Saint of the Day for Thursday, October 15, 2020
Teresa of Avila was born Teresa Ali Fatim Corella Sanchez de Capeda y Ahumada in Avila, Spain. Less than twenty years before Teresa was born in 1515, Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to European colonization. Two years after she was born, Luther started the...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Friday, October 23, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday October 23, 2020 Reading 1, Ephesians 4:1-6Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6Gospel, Luke 12:54-59 We ask you, humbly: don't scroll away. Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! It's a little awkward to ask,...
Daily Readings for Thursday, October 22, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday October 22, 2020 Reading 1, Ephesians 3:14-21Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19Gospel, Luke 12:49-53 Reading 1, Ephesians 3:14-21 14 This, then, is what I pray, kneeling before the Father,15 from whom every fatherhood, in...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday October 21, 2020 Reading 1, Ephesians 3:2-12Responsorial Psalm, Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6Gospel, Luke 12:39-48 FREE Catholic Classes Pick a class, you can learn anything Reading 1, Ephesians 3:2-12 2 You have surely heard the way in which God...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday October 20, 2020 Reading 1, Ephesians 2:12-22Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14Gospel, Luke 12:35-38 Reading 1, Ephesians 2:12-22 12 do not forget, I say, that you were at that time separate from Christ and excluded from...
Daily Readings for Monday, October 19, 2020
Daily Reading for Monday October 19, 2020 Reading 1, Ephesians 2:1-10Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 100:2, 3, 4, 5Gospel, Luke 12:13-21 Free PDFs: Hail Mary, Our Father, How to Pray the Rosary & more PDF educational & learning resources for Students, Parents, and...
Daily Readings for Sunday, October 18, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday October 18, 2020 Reading 1, Isaiah 45:1, 4-6Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10Gospel, Matthew 22:15-21Reading 2, First Thessalonians 1:1-5 Reading 1, Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 1 Thus says Yahweh to his anointed one, to Cyrus whom, he...
Daily Readings for Saturday, October 17, 2020
Reading 1, Ephesians 1:15-23 15 That is why I, having once heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus, and your love for all God's holy people,16 have never failed to thank God for you and to remember you in my prayers.17 May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father...
Daily Readings for Friday, October 16, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday October 16, 2020 Reading 1, Ephesians 1:11-14Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13Gospel, Luke 12:1-7 FREE Catholic Classes Pick a class, you can learn anything Reading 1, Ephesians 1:11-14 11 And it is in him that we have received our...
Daily Readings for Thursday, October 15, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday October 15, 2020 Reading 1, Ephesians 1:3-10Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6Gospel, Luke 11:47-54 Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your help. If you...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday October 14, 2020 Reading 1, Galatians 5:18-25Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6Gospel, Luke 11:42-46 Reading 1, Galatians 5:18-25 18 But when you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.19 When self-indulgence is at work the...