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Saint of the Day
Martyrs of Chalcedon: Saint of the Day for Sunday, September 24, 2023
A group of forty-nine Christians slain in Chalcedon during the reign of Emperor Diocletian . Records indicate that the martyrs were members of the choir in the church of Chalcedon. Excellent content provided by https://www.catholic.org/.
St. Padre Pio: Saint of the Day for Saturday, September 23, 2023
St. Padre Pio was an Italian priest who was known for his piety and charity, as well as the gift of the stigmata, which has never been explained. St. Padre Pio was born Francesco Forgione, on May 25, 1887, in Pietrelcina, Italy. His parents were peasant farmers. He...
St. Thomas of Villanueva: Saint of the Day for Friday, September 22, 2023
Augustinian bishop. Born at Fuentellana, Castile, Spain, he was the son of a miller. He studied at the University of Alcala, earned a licentiate in theology, and became a professor there at the age of twenty-six. He declined the chair of philosophy at the university...
St. Matthew: Saint of the Day for Thursday, September 21, 2023
Little is known about St. Matthew, except that he was the son of Alpheus, and he was likely born in Galilee. He worked as a tax collector, which was a hated profession during the time of Christ. According to the Gospel, Matthew was working at a collection booth in...
Sts. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Feastday: September 20 The evangelization of Korea began during the 17th century through a group of lay persons. A strong vital Christian community flourished there under lay leadership until missionaries arrived from the Paris Foreign Mission Society. During the...
St. Januarius: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, September 19, 2023
St. Januarius was born in Italy and was bishop of Benevento during the Emperor Diocletion persecution. Bishop Januarius went to visit two deacons and two laymen in prison. He was then also imprison along with his deacon and lector. They were thrown to the wild beasts,...
St. Joseph of Cupertino: Saint of the Day for Monday, September 18, 2023
St. Joseph was born in 1603 at Cupertino, in the diocese of Nardo in the Kingdom of Naples. After spending his childhood and adolescence in simplicity and innocence, he finally joined the Franciscan Friars Minor Conventual. After his ordination to the holy priesthood,...
St. Robert Bellarmine: Saint of the Day for Sunday, September 17, 2023
Born at Montepulciano, Italy, October 4, 1542, St. Robert Bellarmine was the third of ten children. His mother, Cinzia Cervini, a niece of Pope Marcellus II, was dedicated to almsgiving, prayer, meditation, fasting, and mortification of the body. Robert entered the...
St. Cornelius: Saint of the Day for Saturday, September 16, 2023
Cornelius whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen months by Decius' persecution of the Christians. The main issue of his pontificate was the treatment to be accorded Christians who...
St. Valerian: Saint of the Day for Friday, September 15, 2023
The massacre of the martyrs of Lyons with their bishop, St. Pothinus, took place during the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius in the year 177. Marcellus, a priest, we are told, by Divine intervention, managed to escape to Chalon-sur-Saone, where he was given shelter....
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Saturday, October 21, 2023
Reading 1, Romans 4:13, 16-18 13 For the promise to Abraham and his descendants that he should inherit the world was not through the Law, but through the uprightness of faith.16 That is why the promise is to faith, so that it comes as a free gift and is secure for all...
Daily Readings for Friday, October 20, 2023
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Daily Readings for Thursday, October 19, 2023
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Daily Readings for Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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Daily Readings for Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Reading 1, Romans 1:16-25 16 For I see no reason to be ashamed of the gospel; it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who has faith -- Jews first, but Greeks as well-17 for in it is revealed the saving justice of God: a justice based on faith and addressed to...
Daily Readings for Monday, October 16, 2023
Reading 1, Romans 1:1-7 1 From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle,2 set apart for the service of the gospel that God promised long ago through his prophets in the holy scriptures.3 This is the gospel concerning his Son who, in terms of human...
Daily Readings for Sunday, October 15, 2023
Reading 1, Isaiah 25:6-10 6 On this mountain, for all peoples, Yahweh Sabaoth is preparing a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of succulent food, of well-strained wines.7 On this mountain, he has destroyed the veil which used to veil all peoples, the pall...
Daily Readings for Saturday, October 14, 2023
Reading 1, Joel 4:12-21 12 'Let the nations rouse themselves and march to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I shall sit in judgement on all the nations around.13 Ply the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come and tread, for the winepress is full; the vats are...
Daily Readings for Friday, October 13, 2023
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Daily Readings for Thursday, October 12, 2023
Reading 1, Malachi 3:13-20 13 'You have said harsh things about me, says Yahweh. And yet you say, "What have we said against you?"14 You have said, "It is useless to serve God; what is the good of keeping his commands or of walking mournfully before Yahweh Sabaoth?15...