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Saint of the Day
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton: Saint of the Day for Monday, January 04, 2021
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was the first native born American to be canonized by the Catholic Church. Born two years before the American Revolution, Elizabeth grew up in the upper class of New York society. She was a prolific reader, and read everything from the Bible...
St. Genevieve: Saint of the Day for Sunday, January 03, 2021
St. Genevieve was a fair and courageous peasant girl who was born around 422 in Nanterre, France, to a man named Severus and a woman named Gerontia. When Genevieve was only seven-years-old, St. Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre visited Nanterre on his way to Britain. While...
St. Basil the Great: Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 02, 2021
St. Basil the Great was born at Caesarea of Cappadocia in 330. He was one of ten children of St. Basil the Elder and St. Emmelia. Several of his brothers and sisters are honored among the saints. He attended school in Caesarea, as well as Constantinople and Athens,...
Mary the Blessed Virgin: Saint of the Day for Friday, January 01, 2021
Mary, also known as St. Mary the Virgin, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Mary, Mary Mother of God or the Virgin Mary is believed by many to be the greatest of all Christian saints. The Virgin Mother "was, after her Son, exalted by divine grace above all angels and...
St. Sylvester: Saint of the Day for Thursday, December 31, 2020
St. Sylvester, born in Rome, was ordained by Pope St. Marcellinus during the peace that preceded the persecutions of Diocletian. He passed through those days of terror, witnessed the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian, and saw the triumph of Constantine in the year...
St. Anysia: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Martyr of Greece. She was a wealthy woman of Salonika, in Thessaly, who used her personal funds to aid the poor. A soldier accosted her in the street and tried to drag her to a pagan sacrifice. Anysia resisted and was killed when the soldier attacked her with his...
St. Aileran: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Monk, biographer, and scholar-also called Sapiens the Wise. Aileran was one of the most distinguished professors at the school of Clonard in Ireland. St. Finian welcomed Aileran to Clonard. In 650, Aileran became rector of Clonard, and was recognized as a classical...
St. Anthony the Hermit: Saint of the Day for Monday, December 28, 2020
Anthony was born about circa 468 at Valeria in Lower Pannonia. When he was eight years old, his father died and he was first entrusted to the care of St. Severinus. After the death of Severinus, an uncle, Bishop Constantius of Lorsch in Bavaria took charge of his...
St. John the Apostle: Saint of the Day for Sunday, December 27, 2020
St. John, Apostle and Evangelist St. John the Apostle, the son of Zebedee and Salome, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. John was called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His public ministry. He is considered the same person as John the...
St. Stephen: Saint of the Day for Saturday, December 26, 2020
Saint Stephen was one of the first ordained deacons of the Church. He was also the first Christian martyr. The Greek word from which we derive the English word martyr literally means witness. In that sense, every Christian is called to bear witness to Jesus Christ, in...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Thursday, January 28, 2021
Daily Reading for Thursday January 28, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 10:19-25Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6Gospel, Mark 4:21-25 Reading 1, Hebrews 10:19-25 19 We have then, brothers, complete confidence through the blood of Jesus in entering the sanctuary,20 by...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Daily Reading for Wednesday January 27, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 10:11-18Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 110:1, 2, 3, 4Gospel, Mark 4:1-20 Reading 1, Hebrews 10:11-18 11 Every priest stands at his duties every day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices which are...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Daily Reading for Tuesday January 26, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 10:1-10Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 40:2, 4, 7-8, 10, 11Gospel, Mark 3:31-35 Reading 1, Hebrews 10:1-10 1 So, since the Law contains no more than a reflection of the good things which were still to come, and...
Daily Readings for Monday, January 25, 2021
Reading 1, Acts 22:3-16 3 'I am a Jew', Paul said, 'and was born at Tarsus in Cilicia. I was brought up here in this city. It was under Gamaliel that I studied and was taught the exact observance of the Law of our ancestors. In fact, I was as full of duty towards God...
Daily Readings for Sunday, January 24, 2021
Daily Reading for Sunday January 24, 2021 Reading 1, Jonah 3:1-5, 10Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9Gospel, Mark 1:14-20Reading 2, First Corinthians 7:29-31 Reading 1, Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 The word of Yahweh was addressed to Jonah a second time.2 'Up!' he...
Daily Readings for Saturday, January 23, 2021
Daily Reading for Saturday January 23, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9Gospel, Mark 3:20-21 Reading 1, Hebrews 9:2-3, 11-14 2 There was a tent which comprised two compartments: the first, in which the lamp-stand, the...
Daily Readings for Friday, January 22, 2021
Daily Reading for Friday January 22, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 8:6-13Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 85:8, 10, 11-12, 13-14Gospel, Mark 3:13-19 Reading 1, Hebrews 8:6-13 6 As it is, he has been given a ministry as far superior as is the covenant of which he is the mediator,...
Daily Readings for Thursday, January 21, 2021
Reading 1, Hebrews 7:25--8:6 25 It follows, then, that his power to save those who come to God through him is absolute, since he lives for ever to intercede for them.26 Such is the high priest that met our need, holy, innocent and uncontaminated, set apart from...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Daily Reading for Wednesday January 20, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 110:1, 2, 3, 4Gospel, Mark 3:1-6 To all our readers, Please don't scroll past this. Today, we humbly ask you to defend Catholic Online's independence. 98% of our...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Daily Reading for Tuesday January 19, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 6:10-20Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 111:1-2, 4-5, 9-10Gospel, Mark 2:23-28 Reading 1, Hebrews 6:10-20 10 God would not be so unjust as to forget all you have done, the love that you have for his name or the...