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Saint of the Day
St. Edward the Confessor: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Edward the Confessor was the son of King Ethelred III and his Norman wife, Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy. He was born at Islip, England, and sent to Normandy with his mother in the year 1013 when the Danes under Sweyn and his son Canute invaded England....
St. Wilfrid: Saint of the Day for Monday, October 12, 2020
Born in Northumberland in 634, St. Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome. Returning to England, he was elected abbot of Ripon in 658 and introduced the Roman rules and practices in opposition to the celtic ways of northern...
St. John XXIII: Saint of the Day for Sunday, October 11, 2020
The man who would be Pope John XXIII was born in the small village of Sotto il Monte in Italy, on November 25, 1881. He was the fourth of fourteen children born to poor parents who made their living by sharecropping. Named Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the baby would...
St. Francis Borgia: Saint of the Day for Saturday, October 10, 2020
Francis was a young nobleman at the court of the King of Spain. He became a Duke when he was only thirty-three and lived a happy, peaceful life with his wife Eleanor and their eight children. But unlike so many other powerful nobles, Francis was a perfect Christian...
Sts. Denis, Rusticus, and Eleutherius: Saint of the Day for Friday, October 09, 2020
The first mention we have of these three martyrs who died around 258 A.D. comes in the sixth century in the writings of Saint Gregory of Tours. Denis (or Dionysius as he is also called) is the most famous of the three. Born and raised in Italy, he was sent as a...
St. Pelagia: Saint of the Day for Thursday, October 08, 2020
Pelagia, more often called Margaret, on account of the magnificence of the pearls for which she had so often sold herself, was an actress of Antioch, equally celebrated for her beauty, her wealth and the disorder ofher life. During a synod at Antioch, she passed...
St. Artaldus: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, October 07, 2020
Artaldus (also called Arthaud) was born in the castle of Sothonod in Savoy. At the age of eighteen, he went to the court of Duke Amadeus III, but a year or two after, he became a Carthusian at Portes. After many years, being a priest and an experienced and holy...
St. Bruno: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, October 06, 2020
Bruno was born in Cologne of the prominent Hartenfaust family. He studied at the Cathedral school at Rheims, and on his return to Cologne about 1055, was ordained and became a Canon at St. Cunibert's. He returned to Rheims in 1056 as professor of theology, became head...
St. Faustina Kowalska: Saint of the Day for Monday, October 05, 2020
Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament was born as Helena Kowalska, in Glogowiec, Leczyca County, north-west of LĂłdz in Poland on August 25, 1905. She was the third of 10 children to a poor and religious family. Faustina first felt a calling to the...
St. Francis of Assisi: Saint of the Day for Sunday, October 04, 2020
Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181. In 1182, Pietro Bernardone returned from a trip to France to find out his wife had given birth to a son. Far from being excited or apologetic because he'd been gone, Pietro was furious because she'd...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Friday, November 06, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday November 6, 2020 Reading 1, Philippians 3:17--4:1Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5Gospel, Luke 16:1-8 Reading 1, Philippians 3:17--4:1 17 Brothers, be united in imitating me. Keep your eyes fixed on those who act according to the...
Daily Readings for Thursday, November 05, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday November 5, 2020 Reading 1, Philippians 3:3-8Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7Gospel, Luke 15:1-10 Reading 1, Philippians 3:3-8 3 We are the true people of the circumcision since we worship by the Spirit of God and make Christ...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, November 04, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday November 4, 2020 Reading 1, Philippians 2:12-18Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 27:1, 4, 13-14Gospel, Luke 14:25-33 Reading 1, Philippians 2:12-18 12 So, my dear friends, you have always been obedient; your obedience must not be limited to times...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, November 03, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday November 3, 2020 Reading 1, Philippians 2:5-11Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 22:26-27, 28-30, 31-32Gospel, Luke 14:15-24 Reading 1, Philippians 2:5-11 5 Make your own the mind of Christ Jesus:6 Who, being in the form of God, did not count...
Daily Readings for Monday, November 02, 2020
Daily Reading for Monday November 2, 2020 Reading 1, Wisdom 3:1-9Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 23:1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6Gospel, John 6:37-40Reading 2, Romans 6:3-9 Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's great! It's a little awkward to ask, but we need your...
Daily Readings for Sunday, November 01, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday November 1, 2020 Reading 1, Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6Gospel, Matthew 5:1-12Reading 2, First John 3:1-3 We ask you, humbly: don't scroll away. Hi readers, it seems you use Catholic Online a lot; that's...
Daily Readings for Saturday, October 31, 2020
Daily Reading for Saturday October 31, 2020 Reading 1, Philippians 1:18-26Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 42:2, 3, 5Gospel, Luke 14:1, 7-11 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 have...
Daily Readings for Friday, October 30, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday October 30, 2020 Reading 1, Philippians 1:1-11Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 111:1-2, 3-4, 5-6Gospel, Luke 14:1-6 Reading 1, Philippians 1:1-11 1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi,...
Daily Readings for Thursday, October 29, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday October 29, 2020 Reading 1, Ephesians 6:10-20Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 144:1, 2, 9-10Gospel, Luke 13:31-35 Reading 1, Ephesians 6:10-20 10 Finally, grow strong in the Lord, with the strength of his power.11 Put on the full armour of God so...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday October 28, 2020 Reading 1, Ephesians 2:19-22Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 19:2-3, 4-5Gospel, Luke 6:12-16 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,...