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Saint of the Day
St. Rosalia: Saint of the Day for Monday, September 04, 2023
St. Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses and Quisquina, was a descendant of the great Charlemagne. She was born at Palermo in Sicily. In her youth, her heart turned from earthly vanities to God. She left her home and took up her abode in a cave, on the walls...
Pope Saint Gregory the Great: Saint of the Day for Sunday, September 03, 2023
Pope Saint Gregory I, also known as the Great, was the Pope of the Catholic Church between 590 and 604 AD. Gregory was born around 540 in Rome. The exact date of his birth is unknown. Although the Western Roman Empire had collapsed long before his birth, many ancient...
St. Ingrid of Sweden: Saint of the Day for Saturday, September 02, 2023
Born in Skänninge, Sweden, in the 13th century, St. Ingrid lived under the spiritual direction of Peter of Dacia, a Dominican priest. She was the first Dominican nun in Sweden and in 1281 she founded the first Dominican cloister there, called St. Martin's in...
St. Giles, Abbot: Saint of the Day for Friday, September 01, 2023
St. Giles, Abbot (Patron of Physically Disabled) Feast day - September 1 St. Giles is said to have been a seventh century Athenian of noble birth. His piety and learning made him so conspicuous and an object of such admiration in his own country that, dreading praise...
St. Raymond Nonnatus: Saint of the Day for Thursday, August 31, 2023
Raymond was born at Portella, Catalonia, Spain. He was delivered by caesarean operation when his mother died in childbirth. Hence his name non natus (not born). He joined the Mercedarians under St. Peter Nolasco at Barcelona. He succeeded Peter as chief ransomer and...
St. Rumon: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, August 30, 2023
St. Rumon, also known as Ruan, Ronan, and Ruadan, was probably a brother of Bishop St. Tudwal of Trequier, but nothing else is known of him beyond that he was probably an Irish missionary and many churches in Devon and Cornwall in England were named after him. Some...
St. Sabina: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, August 29, 2023
St. Sabina's feast day is August 29th. We know St. Sabina only through legend, and there is some question as to it's trustworthiness. Even the century in which she lived is unknown. Supposedly Sabina was converted to Christianity by her Syrian servant Serapia. During...
St. Augustine of Hippo: Saint of the Day for Monday, August 28, 2023
St. Augustine of Hippo is the patron of brewers because of his conversion from a former life of loose living, which included parties, entertainment, and worldly ambitions. His complete turnaround and conversion has been an inspiration to many who struggle with a...
St. Monica: Saint of the Day for Sunday, August 27, 2023
Saint Monica, also known as Monica of Hippo, is St. Augustine of Hippo's mother. She was born in 331 A.D. in Tagaste, which is present-day Algeria. When she was very young, she was married off to the Roman pagan Patricius, who shared his mother's violent temper....
St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars: Saint of the Day for Saturday, August 26, 2023
Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Born in Catalonia, Spain, she overcame many difficulties in her youth and eventually became a teacher at Lerida. Desirous to enter the religious life, she failed to win entry into the convent at the advice of her spiritual...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Sunday, October 01, 2023
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Daily Readings for Saturday, September 30, 2023
Reading 1, Zechariah 2:5-9, 14-15 5 Then, raising my eyes, I had a vision. There was a man with a measuring line in his hand.6 I asked him, 'Where are you going?' He said, 'To measure Jerusalem, to calculate her width and length.'7 And then, while the angel who was...
Daily Readings for Friday, September 29, 2023
Reading 1, Revelation 12:7-12 7 And now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels,8 but they were defeated and driven out of heaven.9 The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or...
Daily Readings for Thursday, September 28, 2023
Reading 1, Haggai 1:1-8 1 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel governor of Judah and to Joshua son of Jehozadak the high priest as follows,2...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Reading 1, Ezra 9:5-9 5 At the evening sacrifice I came out of my stupor and, falling on my knees in my torn clothes and cloak, stretched out my hands to Yahweh my God,6 and said: 'My God, I am ashamed, I blush to lift my face to you, my God. For our iniquities have...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Reading 1, Ezra 6:7-8, 12, 14-20 7 Leave the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews alone, to get on with their work on that Temple of God; they are permitted to rebuild that Temple of God on that site.8 And herewith are my instructions as to how you will...
Daily Readings for Monday, September 25, 2023
Reading 1, Ezra 1:1-6 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia -- to fulfil the word of Yahweh spoken through Jeremiah -Yahweh roused the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to issue a proclamation and to have it publicly displayed throughout his kingdom:2 'Cyrus king...
Daily Readings for Sunday, September 24, 2023
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Daily Readings for Saturday, September 23, 2023
Reading 1, Galatians 2:19-20 19 In fact, through the Law I am dead to the Law so that I can be alive to God. I have been crucified with Christ20 and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me. The life that I am now living, subject to the...
Daily Readings for Friday, September 22, 2023
Reading 1, First Timothy 6:2-12 2 Those whose masters are believers are not to respect them less because they are brothers; on the contrary, they should serve them all the better, since those who have the benefit of their services are believers and dear to God. This...