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Saint of the Day
Bl. Emmanuel Ruiz: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 10, 2020
Martyr with eleven companions in Lebanon. A Spanish Franciscan, Emmanuel and the others were caught up in the rising of the Druses in Lebanon. The Franciscan community, eight in number, and three Maronite laymen were slain by the Islamic rebels. He was beatified in...
St. Veronica Giuliani: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 09, 2020
Capuchin mystic who had many spiritual gifis. A native of Binasco, near Milan, Italy, born in 1660, she entered the Capuchins atCitttidi Castello, Umbria, in 1677. She remained there for the rest of her life and served as novice mistress for thirty-four years. A...
St. Grimbald: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, July 08, 2020
Benedictine abbot also called Grimwald, invited to England by King Alfred in 885. Grimbald arrived in England and declined the see of Canterbury, preferring to remain a monk. He became the abbot of New Minster Abbey at Winchester appointed by King Edward the Elder....
Bl. Ralph Milner: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 07, 2020
English martyr. He was born at Stocksteads, Hampshire, and was a convert. He was arrested the day he received his first Communion. A husbands man by trade, Ralph was allowed a leave from prison and aided priests and Catholics. He was executed at Winchester on July by...
St. Maria Goretti: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 06, 2020
Born on October 16 1890 in Corinaldo, in the Ancona Province in Italy, her farmworker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. When he died of malaria, Maria's mother had to struggle to feed her children. Maria's mother, brothers, and sisters worked in...
St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 05, 2020
Cofounder of the Barnabites. Born in 1502 in Cremona, Italy, Anthony became a medical doctor. In 1528 he was ordained a priest and cofounded the Barnabites, the religious congregation so called because it was headquartered in St. Barnabas Monastery in Milan. The...
St. Elizabeth of Portugal: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 04, 2020
Elizabeth was a Spanish princess who was given in marriage to King Denis of Portugal at the age of twelve. She was very beautiful and very lovable. She was also very devout, and went to Mass every day. Elizabeth was a holy wife, but although her husband was fond of...
St. Thomas: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 03, 2020
St. Thomas was born a Jew and was called to be one of the twelve Apostles. His birth and death dates are unknown, but his feast day is celebrated July 3. He lived before the formal establishment of the Catholic Church but is recognized as the patron saint of...
St. Bernardino Realino: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 02, 2020
St. Bernardino Realino was born into a noble family of Capri, Italy in 1530. After receiving a thorough and devout Christian education at the hands of his mother, he went on to study medicine at the University of Bologna, but after three years he switched to law and...
St. Junipero Serra: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, July 01, 2020
Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Majorca on November 24, 1713, and took the name of Junipero when in 1730, he entered the Franciscan Order. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua until 1749. At the age of...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday August 4, 2020 Reading 1, Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 102:16-18, 19-21, 29, 22-23Gospel, Matthew 15:1-2, 10-14 Reading 1, Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, as follows,2...
Daily Readings for Monday, August 03, 2020
Daily Reading for Monday August 3, 2020 Reading 1, Jeremiah 28:1-17Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 119:29, 43, 79, 80, 95, 102Gospel, Matthew 14:22-36 Reading 1, Jeremiah 28:1-17 1 That same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month...
Daily Readings for Sunday, August 02, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday August 2, 2020 Reading 1, Isaiah 55:1-3Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18Gospel, Matthew 14:13-21Reading 2, Romans 8:35, 37-39 Reading 1, Isaiah 55:1-3 1 Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty; though you have no money,...
Daily Readings for Saturday, August 01, 2020
Daily Reading for Saturday August 1, 2020 Reading 1, Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34Gospel, Matthew 14:1-12 Reading 1, Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 11 The priests and prophets then said to the chief men and all the people, 'This man...
Daily Readings for Friday, July 31, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday July 31, 2020 Reading 1, Jeremiah 26:1-9Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 69:6, 8-10, 14Gospel, Matthew 13:54-58 Reading 1, Jeremiah 26:1-9 1 At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from...
Daily Readings for Thursday, July 30, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday July 30, 2020 Reading 1, Jeremiah 18:1-6Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 146:1-2, 2-4, 5-6Gospel, Matthew 13:47-53 Reading 1, Jeremiah 18:1-6 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh as follows,2 'Get up and make your way down to the potter's...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday July 29, 2020 Reading 1, Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18Gospel, John 11:19-27 Reading 1, Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 10 A disaster for me, mother, that you bore me to be a man of strife and dissension for...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday July 28, 2020 Reading 1, Jeremiah 14:17-22Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 79:8, 9, 11, 13Gospel, Matthew 13:35-43 Reading 1, Jeremiah 14:17-22 17 'So say this word to them: May my eyes shed tears night and day, unceasingly, since the daughter of...
Daily Readings for Monday, July 27, 2020
Daily Reading for Monday July 27, 2020 Reading 1, Jeremiah 13:1-11Responsorial Psalm, Deuteronomy 32:18-19, 20, 21Gospel, Matthew 13:31-35 Reading 1, Jeremiah 13:1-11 1 Yahweh said this to me, 'Go and buy a linen waistcloth and put it round your waist. But do not dip...
Daily Readings for Sunday, July 26, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday July 26, 2020 Reading 1, First Kings 3:5, 7-12Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130Gospel, Matthew 13:44-52Reading 2, Romans 8:28-30 Reading 1, First Kings 3:5, 7-12 5 At Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream...