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Saint of the Day
St. Andrew the Scot: Saint of the Day for Saturday, August 22, 2020
Archdeacon and companion of St. Donatus. Andrew and his sister, St. Bridget the Younger, were born in Ireland of noble parents.They were educated by St. Donatus, and when Donatus went on a pilgrimage to Italy, Andrew accompanied him. In Fiesole, through a miracle,...
St. Pius X: Saint of the Day for Friday, August 21, 2020
On June 2, 1835, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto saw the light of earth at Riesi, Province of Treviso, in Venice; on August 20, 1914, he saw the light of heaven; and on May 29, 1954, he who had become the two hundred fifty-ninth pope was canonized St. Pius X. Two of the...
St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Saint of the Day for Thursday, August 20, 2020
St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church St. Bernard was born of noble parentage in Burgundy, France, in the castle of Fontaines near Dijon. Under the care of his pious parents he was sent at an early age to a college at Chatillon, where he was conspicuous for his...
St. John Eudes: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, August 19, 2020
John Eudes was born at Ri, Normandy, France, on November 14, 1601, the son of a farmer. He went to the Jesuit college at Caen when he was 14, and despite his parents' wish that he marry, joined the Congregation of the Oratory of France in 1623. He studied at Paris and...
St. Helena: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, August 18, 2020
St. Helena was the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great and an Empress of the Roman Empire. Very little is known about Helena's early life, but it is believed she is from Drepanum (later known as Helenopolis) in Asia Minor and born into a poor family and lower...
St. Clare of Montefalco: Saint of the Day for Monday, August 17, 2020
Clare was born at Montefalco, Italy, around 1268. As a young woman she joined a convent of Franciscan tertiaries. This group established Holy Cross Convent at Montefalco in 1290, adopting the Rule of St. Augustine. Clare's sister Joan was the abbess of this community,...
St. Stephen the Great: Saint of the Day for Sunday, August 16, 2020
St. Stephen the Great (977-1038), was the son of the Magyar chieftain Geza, Stephen succeeded him as leader in 997. Already raised a Christian, in 996 he wed the daughter of Duke Henry II of Bavaria and devoted much of his reign to the promotion of the Christian...
St. Alipius: Saint of the Day for Saturday, August 15, 2020
Bishop and companion of St. Augustine. He was born in Tagaste, North Africa, and was raised as a friend of St. Augustine. He went to Rome to study law and became a magistrate there. When Augustine arrived in Rome, Alipius resigned his post and accompanied him to...
St. Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of the Day for Friday, August 14, 2020
St. Maximilian Kolbe was born as Raymund Kolbe on January 8, 1894, in the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II. St. Maximilian Kolbe was very...
St. Hippolytus: Saint of the Day for Thursday, August 13, 2020
Martyr of Rome, with Concordia and other companions, he is a controversial figure who censured Pope St. Callistus I. Hippolytus was slain in Sardinia where he had been exiled for being elected as an antipope, the first in the history of the Church. He was reconciled...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Thursday, September 17, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday September 17, 2020 Reading 1, First Corinthians 15:1-11Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 118:1-2, 16-17, 28Gospel, Luke 7:36-50 Reading 1, First Corinthians 15:1-11 1 I want to make quite clear to you, brothers, what the message of the gospel that...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Reading 1, First Corinthians 12:31--13:13 31 Set your mind on the higher gifts. And now I am going to put before you the best way of all.1 Though I command languages both human and angelic -- if I speak without love, I am no more than a gong booming or a cymbal...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday September 15, 2020 Reading 1, 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 10:1-2, 3, 4, 5Gospel, John 19:25-27 Reading 1, 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31 12 For as with the human body which is a unity although it has many parts --...
Daily Readings for Monday, September 14, 2020
Daily Reading for Monday September 14, 2020 Reading 1, Numbers 21:4-9Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 78:1-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38Gospel, John 3:13-17Reading 2, Philippians 2:6-11 FREE Catholic Classes Pick a class, you can learn anything Reading 1, Numbers 21:4-9 4 They left...
Daily Readings for Sunday, September 13, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday September 13, 2020 Reading 1, Sirach 27:30--28:7Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12Gospel, Matthew 18:21-35Reading 2, Romans 14:7-9 Reading 1, Sirach 27:30--28:7 30 Resentment and anger, these are foul things too, and a sinner...
Daily Readings for Saturday, September 12, 2020
Daily Reading for Saturday September 12, 2020 Reading 1, First Corinthians 10:14-22Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 116:12-13, 17-18Gospel, Luke 6:43-49 Reading 1, First Corinthians 10:14-22 14 For that reason, my dear friends, have nothing to do with the worship of false...
Daily Readings for Friday, September 11, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday September 11, 2020 Reading 1, First Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 84:3, 4, 5-6, 8, 12Gospel, Luke 6:39-42 Reading 1, First Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27 16 In fact, preaching the gospel gives me nothing to boast of, for I...
Daily Readings for Thursday, September 10, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday September 10, 2020 Reading 1, First Corinthians 8:1-7, 11-13Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 139:1-3, 13-14, 23-24Gospel, Luke 6:27-38 FREE Catholic Classes Pick a class, you can learn anything Reading 1, First Corinthians 8:1-7, 11-13 1 Now about...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, September 09, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday September 9, 2020 Reading 1, First Corinthians 7:25-31Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17Gospel, Luke 6:20-26 Reading 1, First Corinthians 7:25-31 25 About people remaining virgin, I have no directions from the Lord, but I...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, September 08, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday September 8, 2020 Reading 1, Micah 5:1-4Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 13:6, 6Gospel, Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23 Reading 1, Micah 5:1-4 1 But you (Bethlehem) Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, from you will come for me a future ruler of...