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Saint of the Day
St. Pantaleon: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 27, 2021
St Pantaleon came from Nicomedia, near the Black Sea, in Asia. He was such a famous doctor that the Emperor himself chose him for his own doctor. Pantaleon was a Christian, but the bad influence from the pagan court caused him to give up his Christian faith entirely....
Sts. Joachim and Anne: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 26, 2021
Saints Joachim (sometimes spelled "Joaquin," pronounced "wal-keem") and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary. There are no mentions of them in the Bible or Gospels, what we know comes from Catholic legend and the Gospel of James, which is an unsanctioned,...
St. James the Greater: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 25, 2021
Nothing is known of St. James the Greater's early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disciple. The title "the Greater" was added to St. James' name to help distinguish him from the Apostle James "the...
St. John Boste: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 24, 2021
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the...
St. Bridget of Sweden: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 23, 2021
Saint Birgitta was the daughter of UpplandÂ?s Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. BirgittaÂ?s family was pious; her father went to confession every Friday and made long and arduous pilgrimages as...
St. Mary Magdalene: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 22, 2021
St. Mary Magdalene is one of the greatest saints of the Bible and a legendary example of God's mercy and grace. The precise dates of her birth and death are unknown, but we do know she was present with Christ during his public ministry, death and resurrection. She is...
St. Lawrence of Brindisi: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Caesare de Rossi was born at Brandisi, kingdom of Naples, on July 22nd. He was educated by the conventual Franciscans there and by his uncle at St. Mark's in Venice. When sixteen, he joined the Capuchins at Verona, taking the name Lawrence. He pursued his higher...
St. Margaret of Antioch: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Nothing certain is known of her, but according to her untrustworthy legend, she was the daughter of a pagan priest at Antioch in Pisidia. Also known as Marina, she was converted to Christianity, whereupon she was driven from home by her father. She became a...
St. Arsenius the Great: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 19, 2021
Confessor and hermit on the Nile. Arsenius, who was born in Rome in 354, was the tutor of the children of Emperors Theodosius I the Great, Arcadius, and Honorius. At that time, Arsenius was a Roman deacon recommended for the office by Pope St. Damasus. lie served at...
St. Frederick: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 18, 2021
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...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Saturday, July 10, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 49:29-33; 50:15-24 29 Then he gave them these instructions, 'I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my ancestors, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,30 in the cave in the field at Machpelah, facing Mamre, in Canaan,...
Daily Readings for Friday, July 09, 2021
Daily Reading for Friday July 9, 2021 Reading 1, Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40Gospel, Matthew 10:16-23 Reading 1, Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30 1 So Israel set out with all his possessions. Arriving at Beersheba, he offered...
Daily Readings for Thursday, July 08, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 44:18-21, 23-29; 45:1-5 18 At this, Judah went up to him and said, 'May it please my lord, let your servant have a word privately with my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.19 My lord questioned his servants,...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, July 07, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7, 17-24 55 But when all Egypt too began to feel the famine and the people appealed to Pharaoh for food, Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, 'Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.'56 There was famine all over the world. Then Joseph...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, July 06, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 32:23-33 23 That same night he got up and, taking his two wives, his two slave-girls and his eleven children, crossed the ford of the Jabbok.24 After he had taken them across the stream, he sent all his possessions over too.25 And Jacob was left...
Daily Readings for Monday, July 05, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 28:10-22 10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.11 When he had reached a certain place, he stopped there for the night, since the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he made it his pillow and lay down where he was.12 He had a...
Daily Readings for Sunday, July 04, 2021
Daily Reading for Sunday July 4, 2021 Reading 1, Ezekiel 2:2-5Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 123:1-2, 2, 3-4Gospel, Mark 6:1-6Reading 2, Second Corinthians 12:7-10 Reading 1, Ezekiel 2:2-5 2 As he said these words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet, and I heard...
Daily Readings for Saturday, July 03, 2021
Daily Reading for Saturday July 3, 2021 Reading 1, Ephesians 2:19-22Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 117:1, 2Gospel, John 20:24-29 Reading 1, Ephesians 2:19-22 19 So you are no longer aliens or foreign visitors; you are fellow-citizens with the holy people of God and part...
Daily Readings for Friday, July 02, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67 1 The length of Sarah's life was a hundred and twenty-seven years.2 She died at Kiriath-Arba -- now Hebron -- in the land of Canaan, and Abraham proceeded to mourn and bewail her.3 Then rising from beside his dead, Abraham...
Daily Readings for Thursday, July 01, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 22:1-19 1 It happened some time later that God put Abraham to the test. 'Abraham, Abraham!' he called. 'Here I am,' he replied.2 God said, 'Take your son, your only son, your beloved Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, where you are to offer him as...