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Saint of the Day
St. Agatha: Saint of the Day for Thursday, February 05, 2026
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...
St. Joan of Valois: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Joan of Valois, 1464 - 1505, was the second daughter of Louis X1, King of France, and Charlotte of Savoy, She was born on April 23, 1464. At the ge of two months she was betrothed to Louis, Duke of Orleans, and the marriage took place in 1476. There is no doubt that...
St. Blaise: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, February 03, 2026
Saint Blaise was the bishop of Sebastea and a doctor. The first known record of the saint's life comes from the medical writings of A�«tius Amidenus, where he is recorded as helping with patients suffering from objects stuck in their throat. Many of the miraculous...
St. Joan de Lestonnac: Saint of the Day for Monday, February 02, 2026
St. Joan de Lestonnac was born in Bordeaux, France, in 1556. She married at the age of seventeen. The happy marriage produced four children, but her husband died suddenly in 1597. After her children were raised, she entered the Cistercian monastery at Toulouse. Joan...
St. Brigid of Ireland: Saint of the Day for Sunday, February 01, 2026
Saint Brigid was born Brigit, and shares a name with a Celtic goddess from whom many legends and folk customs are associated. There is much debate over her birthparents, but it is widely believed her mother was Brocca, a Christian baptized by Saint Patrick, and her...
St. John Bosco: Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 31, 2026
John Bosco, also known as Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco and Don Bosco, was born in Becchi, Italy, on August 16, 1815. His birth came just after the end of the Napoleonic Wars which ravaged the area. Compounding the problems on his birthday, there was also a drought and a...
St. Aldegunais: Saint of the Day for Friday, January 30, 2026
Virgin and abess, also known as Adelgundis, Aldegonde, or Orgonne. She was a member of the royal family of the Merovingians and was raised by two saints: St. Walbert and St. Bertila, her parents. The family resided in the Hainault region of Flanders, a region of the...
Sts. Sarbelius & Barbea: Saint of the Day for Thursday, January 29, 2026
Two martyrs, brother and sister, who were put to death at Edessa during the persecutions of Emperor Trajan. Sarbelius, also called Sharbel, was a high priest at Edessa, in Mesopotamia. They were arrested for converting to the faith, and were tortured with red-hot...
St. Thomas Aquinas: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Thomas is believed to have been born in the castle of Roccasecca in the old county of the Kingdom of Sicily, which is now known as the Lazio region of Italy, in 1225. His parents were well-off, but as the youngest son Thomas was expected to enter the monastery. At...
St. Angela Merici: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, January 27, 2026
St. Angela Merici was an Italian religious educator and founder of the Ursulines whose deep prayer life and relationship with the Lord bore the fruit of mystical encounters with God. She was born on March 21, 1474 in Desenzano, a small town on the shore of Lake Garda...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Saturday, February 07, 2026
Reading 1, Kings 3:4-13 4 The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, since that was the principal high place -- Solomon presented a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.5 At Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream during the night. God said, 'Ask what you...
Daily Readings for Friday, February 06, 2026
Reading 1, Sirach 47:2-11 2 As the fat is set apart from the communion sacrifice, so was David chosen out of the Israelites.3 He played with lions as though with kids, and with bears as though with lambs.4 While still a boy, did he not slay the giant and take away the...
Daily Readings for Thursday, February 05, 2026
Reading 1, Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 1 As David's life drew to its close he laid this charge on his son Solomon,2 'I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man.3 Observe the injunctions of Yahweh your God, following his ways and keeping his laws,...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Reading 1, Samuel 24:2, 9-17 2 Once Saul was back from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, 'David is now in the desert of En-Gedi.'9 Saul then left the cave and went on his way. After this, David too left the cave and called after Saul, 'My lord king!' Saul looked...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, February 03, 2026
Reading 1, Samuel 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 30-19:3 9 And Saul watched David jealously from that day onwards.10 The following day, an evil spirit from God seized on Saul and he fell into a frenzy while he was indoors. David played the harp as on other occasions; Saul had a...
Daily Readings for Monday, February 02, 2026
Reading 1, Malachi 3:1-4 1 'Look, I shall send my messenger to clear a way before me. And suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple; yes, the angel of the covenant, for whom you long, is on his way, says Yahweh Sabaoth.2 Who will be able to resist the...
Daily Readings for Sunday, February 01, 2026
Reading 1, Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 3 Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the earth, who obey his commands. Seek uprightness, seek humility: you may perhaps find shelter on the Day of Yahweh's anger.12 But in you I shall leave surviving a humble and lowly people,13 and those...
Daily Readings for Saturday, January 31, 2026
Reading 1, Second Samuel 12:1-7, 10-17 1 Yahweh sent the prophet Nathan to David. He came to him and said: In the same town were two men, one rich, the other poor.2 The rich man had flocks and herds in great abundance;3 the poor man had nothing but a ewe lamb, only a...
Daily Readings for Friday, January 30, 2026
Reading 1, Samuel 11:1-4, 5-10, 13-17 1 About a month later, Nahash the Ammonite marched up and laid siege to Jabesh in Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, 'Make a treaty with us and we will be your subjects.'2 Nahash the Ammonite replied, 'I shall make a...
Daily Readings for Thursday, January 29, 2026
Reading 1, Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29 Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 132:1-2, 3-5, 11, 12, 13-14 1 [Song of Ascents] Yahweh, remember David and all the hardships he endured,2 the oath he swore to Yahweh, his vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:3 'I will not enter tent or house,...