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Saint of the Day
St. Valentine: Saint of the Day for Sunday, February 14, 2021
Click Here for St. Valentine Prayer's Saint Valentine, officially known as Saint Valentine of Rome, is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on February 14 and commonly associated with "courtly love." Although not much of St. Valentine's life is reliably...
St. Catherine de Ricci: Saint of the Day for Saturday, February 13, 2021
St. Catherine was born in Florence in 1522. Her baptismal name was Alexandrina, but she took the name of Catherine upon entering religion. From her earliest infancy she manifested a great love of prayer, and in her sixth year, her father placed her in the convent of...
St. Buonfiglio Monaldo: Saint of the Day for Friday, February 12, 2021
He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi) in a particularly lax period in the city's history and who were inspired by a vision on the feast of the Assumption to take up a life of solitude and prayer. After...
St. Paschal: Saint of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
Paschal was the son of Bonosus, a Roman. He studied at the Lateran, was named head of St. Stephen's monastery, which housed pilgrims to Rome, and was elected Pope to succeed Pope Stephen IV (V) on the day Stephen died, January 25, 817. Emperor Louis the Pious agreed...
St. Scholastica: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, February 10, 2021
St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God from her earliest youth. After her brother went to Monte Cassino, where he established his famous monastery, she took up her abode in the neighborhood at Plombariola, where she founded and governed a...
St. Apollonia: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, February 09, 2021
St. Apollonia, who died in the year 249, was martyred for not renouncing her faith during the reign of Emperor Philip. The account of the life of St. Apollonia was written by St. Dionysius to Fabian, Bishop of Antioch. Apollonia had all her teeth knocked out after...
St. Jerome Emiliani: Saint of the Day for Monday, February 08, 2021
Jerome Emiliani lay chained in the dark dirty dungeon. Only a short time before he had been a military commander for Venice in charge of a fortress. He didn't care much about God because he didn't need him -- he had his own strength and the strength of his soldiers...
St. Moses: Saint of the Day for Sunday, February 07, 2021
Arab hermit and bishop who is called Â?the Apostle of the Saracens.Â? He lived in the desert regions of Syria and Egypt, caring for the local nomadic tribes. When the Romans imposed peace upon the Saracens, Queen Mavia, the Saracen ruler, demanded that Moses be...
St. Paul Miki: Saint of the Day for Saturday, February 06, 2021
Paul was the son of a Japanese military leader. He was born at Tounucumada, Japan, was educated at the Jesuit college of Anziquiama, joined the Jesuits in 1580, and became known for his eloquent preaching. He was crucified on Februay 5 with twenty-five other Catholics...
St. Agatha: Saint of the Day for Friday, February 05, 2021
St. Agatha, also known as Agatha of Sicily, is one of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs of the Catholic Church. It is believed that she was born around 231 in either Catania or Palermo, Sicily to a rich and noble family. From her very early years, the notably...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Saturday, June 17, 2023
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 5:14-21 14 For the love of Christ overwhelms us when we consider that if one man died for all, then all have died;15 his purpose in dying for all humanity was that those who live should live not any more for themselves, but for him who...
Daily Readings for Friday, June 16, 2023
Reading 1, Deuteronomy 7:6-11 6 For you are a people consecrated to Yahweh your God; of all the peoples on earth, you have been chosen by Yahweh your God to be his own people.7 'Yahweh set his heart on you and chose you not because you were the most numerous of all...
Daily Readings for Thursday, June 15, 2023
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 3:15-4:1, 3-6 15 As it is, to this day, whenever Moses is read, their hearts are covered with a veil,16 and this veil will not be taken away till they turn to the Lord.17 Now this Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is,...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 3:4-11 4 Such is the confidence we have through Christ in facing God;5 it is not that we are so competent that we can claim any credit for ourselves; all our competence comes from God.6 He has given us the competence to be ministers of a...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 1:18-22 18 As surely as God is trustworthy, what we say to you is not both Yes and No.19 The Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed to you by us, that is, by me and by Silvanus and Timothy, was never Yes-and-No; his nature is all...
Daily Readings for Monday, June 12, 2023
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 1:1-7 1 Paul, by the will of God an apostle of Christ Jesus, and Timothy, our brother, to the church of God in Corinth and to all God's holy people in the whole of Achaia.2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus...
Daily Readings for Sunday, June 11, 2023
Reading 1, Hosea 6:3-6 3 Let us know, let us strive to know Yahweh; that he will come is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like a shower, like the rain of springtime to the earth.4 What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? For your...
Daily Readings for Saturday, June 10, 2023
Reading 1, Tobit 12:1, 5-15, 20 1 When the wedding feast was over, Tobit called his son Tobias and said, 'My son, you ought to think about paying the amount due to your fellow traveller; give him more than the figure agreed on.'5 So Tobias called his companion and...
Daily Readings for Friday, June 09, 2023
Reading 1, Tobit 11:5-15 5 Anna was sitting, watching the road by which her son would come.6 She was sure at once it must be he and said to the father, 'Here comes your son, with his companion.'7 Raphael said to Tobias before he reached his father, 'I give you my word...
Daily Readings for Thursday, June 08, 2023
Reading 1, Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 2 Remember the long road by which Yahweh your God led you for forty years in the desert, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart -- whether you would keep his commandments or not.3 He humbled you, he made you feel...