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Saint of the Day
St. Frederick: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 18, 2020
St. Frederick, Bishop of Utrecht, Martyr Frederick was trained in piety and sacred learning among the clergy of the Church of Utrecht. Being ordained priest, he was charged by Bishop Ricfried with the care of instructing converts, and about 825 he was chosen to...
Carmelite Nuns of Compiegne: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 17, 2020
Sixteen Carmelites caught up in the French Revolution and martyred. When the revolution started in 1789, a group of twenty-one discalced Carmelites lived in a monastery in Compiegne France, founded in 1641. The monastery was ordered closed in 1790 by the Revolutionary...
St. Carmen: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 16, 2020
According to my resources, the name Carmen is a derivation of Carmel which is one of the titles given to Our Blessed Mother, namely, Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This is the patronal feast of the Carmelites. The Order of Carmelites takes its name from Mount Carmel, which...
St. Bonaventure: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, July 15, 2020
St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Feast day-July 15) St. Bonaventure, known as "the seraphic doctor," was born at Bagnoregio, in the Lazio region of central Italy, in 1221. He received the name of Bonaventure in consequence of an exclamation of St....
St. Kateri Tekakwitha: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 14, 2020
St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon. Her mother was an Algonquin, who was captured by the Mohawks and who took a Mohawk chief for her husband....
St. Henry: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 13, 2020
St. Henry, son of Henry, Duke of Bavaria, and of Gisella, daughter of Conrad, King of Burgundy, was born in 972. He received an excellent education under the care of St. Wolfgang, Bishop of Ratisbon. In 995, St. Henry succeeded his father as Duke of Bavaria, and in...
St. John Gaulbert, Abbot: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 12, 2020
Saint John Gaulbert, Abbot - Feast day is July 12th The city of Florence gave to the world Saint John Gaulbert. Although he enjoyed the benefits of an early Christian education, his youthful heart was soon attracted to the vanities of the world. A painful incident was...
St. Benedict of Nursia: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 11, 2020
St. Benedict is believed to have been born around 480, as the son to a Roman noble of Norcia and the twin to his sister, Scholastica. In the fifth century, the young Benedict was sent to Rome to finish his education with a nurse/housekeeper. The subject that dominated...
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...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Friday, July 17, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday July 17, 2020 Reading 1, Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8Responsorial Psalm, Isaiah 38:10, 11, 12, 16Gospel, Matthew 12:1-8 Reading 1, Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8 1 About then, Hezekiah fell ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of...
Daily Readings for Thursday, July 16, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday July 16, 2020 Reading 1, Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 102:13-14, 15, 16-18, 19-21Gospel, Matthew 11:28-30 Reading 1, Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19 7 The path of the Upright One is honesty; you smooth the honest way of the...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday July 15, 2020 Reading 1, Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15Gospel, Matthew 11:25-27 Reading 1, Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16 5 Woe to Assyria, rod of my anger, the club in their hands is my fury!6 I was sending...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday July 14, 2020 Reading 1, Isaiah 7:1-9Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 48:2-3, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8Gospel, Matthew 11:20-24 Reading 1, Isaiah 7:1-9 1 In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah king of Judah, Razon king of Aram advanced on Jerusalem...
Daily Readings for Monday, July 13, 2020
Daily Reading for Monday July 13, 2020 Reading 1, Isaiah 1:10-17Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23Gospel, Matthew 10:34--11:1 Reading 1, Isaiah 1:10-17 10 Hear what Yahweh says, you rulers of Sodom; listen to what our God teaches, you people of...
Daily Readings for Sunday, July 12, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday July 12, 2020 Reading 1, Isaiah 55:10-11Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14Gospel, Matthew 13:1-23Reading 2, Romans 8:18-23 Reading 1, Isaiah 55:10-11 10 For, as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and do not return before...
Daily Readings for Saturday, July 11, 2020
Daily Reading for Saturday July 11, 2020 Reading 1, Isaiah 6:1-8Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 93:1, 1-2, 5Gospel, Matthew 10:24-33 Reading 1, Isaiah 6:1-8 1 In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne; his train filled the...
Daily Readings for Friday, July 10, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday July 10, 2020 Reading 1, Hosea 14:2-10Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-13, 14, 17Gospel, Matthew 10:16-23 Reading 1, Hosea 14:2-10 2 Israel, come back to Yahweh your God your guilt was the cause of your downfall.3 Provide yourself...
Daily Readings for Thursday, July 09, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday July 9, 2020 Reading 1, Hosea 11:1, 3-4, 8-9Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 80:2, 3, 15-16Gospel, Matthew 10:7-15 Reading 1, Hosea 11:1, 3-4, 8-9 1 When Israel was a child I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.3 I myself taught Ephraim to...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, July 08, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday July 8, 2020 Reading 1, Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7Gospel, Matthew 10:1-7 Reading 1, Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 1 Israel was a luxuriant vine yielding plenty of fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more...