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Saint of the Day
St. Ailbhe: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Bishop and preacher, one of the saints whose life has been woven into the myths and legends of Ireland. He was a known disciple of St. Patrick, and is called Albeus in some records. What is known about Ailbhe is that he was a missionary in Ireland, perhaps sponsored...
St. Paphnutius: Saint of the Day for Monday, September 11, 2023
The holy confessor Paphnutius was an Egyptian who, after having spent several years in the desert under the direction of the great St. Antony, was made bishop in the Upper Thebaid. He was one of those confessors who under the Emperor Maximinus lost the right eye, were...
St. Salvius of Albi: Saint of the Day for Sunday, September 10, 2023
Bishop of Albi and a friend of Pope St. Gregory I the Great. Also called Sauve, he was a native of Albi and, originally a lawyer, he entered a monastery and served for a time as a monk before receiving election as abbot. Then, after, hying as a hermit, he became a...
St. Peter Claver: Saint of the Day for Saturday, September 09, 2023
St. Peter Claver was born at Verdu, Catalonia, Spain, in 1580, of impoverished parents descended from ancient and distinguished families. He studied at the Jesuit college of Barcelona, entered the Jesuit novitiate at Tarragona in 1602 and took his final vows on August...
St. Adrian: Saint of the Day for Friday, September 08, 2023
According to legend Adrian was a pagan officer at the imperial court of Nicomedia. Impressed by the courage of a group of Christians who were being tortured, he declared himself a Christian and was imprisoned with them and suffered excruciating tortures before he was...
St. Cloud: Saint of the Day for Thursday, September 07, 2023
On the death of Clovis, King of the Franks, in the year 511 his kingdom was divided between his four sons, of whom the second was Clodomir. Thirteen years later he was killed fighting against his cousin, Gondomar, leaving three sons to share his dominions. The...
St. Eleutherius: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, September 06, 2023
A wonderful simplicity and spirit of compunction were the distinguishing virtues of this holy man. He was chosen abbot of St. Mark's near Spoleto, and favored by God with the gift of miracles. A child who was possessed by the devil, being delivered by being educated...
St. Teresa of Calcutta: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, September 05, 2023
The remarkable woman who would be known as Mother Teresa began life named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Born on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, she was the youngest child born to Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu. Receiving her First Communion at the age of five, she was confirmed in...
St. Rosalia: Saint of the Day for Monday, September 04, 2023
St. Rosalia, daughter of Sinibald, Lord of Roses and Quisquina, was a descendant of the great Charlemagne. She was born at Palermo in Sicily. In her youth, her heart turned from earthly vanities to God. She left her home and took up her abode in a cave, on the walls...
Pope Saint Gregory the Great: Saint of the Day for Sunday, September 03, 2023
Pope Saint Gregory I, also known as the Great, was the Pope of the Catholic Church between 590 and 604 AD. Gregory was born around 540 in Rome. The exact date of his birth is unknown. Although the Western Roman Empire had collapsed long before his birth, many ancient...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Monday, September 11, 2023
Reading 1, Colossians 1:24-2:3 24 It makes me happy to be suffering for you now, and in my own body to make up all the hardships that still have to be undergone by Christ for the sake of his body, the Church,25 of which I was made a servant with the responsibility...
Daily Readings for Sunday, September 10, 2023
Reading 1, Ezekiel 33:7-9 7 'Son of man I have appointed you as watchman for the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them from me.8 If I say to someone wicked, "Evil- doer, you are to die," and you do not speak to warn the wicked person to...
Daily Readings for Saturday, September 09, 2023
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Daily Readings for Friday, September 08, 2023
Reading 1, Romans 8:28-30 28 We are well aware that God works with those who love him, those who have been called in accordance with his purpose, and turns everything to their good.29 He decided beforehand who were the ones destined to be moulded to the pattern of his...
Daily Readings for Thursday, September 07, 2023
Reading 1, Colossians 1:9-14 9 That is why, ever since the day he told us, we have never failed to remember you in our prayers and ask that through perfect wisdom and spiritual understanding you should reach the fullest knowledge of his will10 and so be able to lead a...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, September 06, 2023
Reading 1, Colossians 1:1-8 1 From Paul, by the will of God an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy2 to God's holy people in Colossae, our faithful brothers in Christ. Grace and peace to you from God our Father.3 We give thanks for you to God, the...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Reading 1, First Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11 1 About times and dates, brothers, there is no need to write to you2 for you are well aware in any case that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night.3 It is when people are saying, 'How quiet and...
Daily Readings for Monday, September 04, 2023
Reading 1, First Thessalonians 4:13-18 13 We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, to make sure that you do not grieve for them, as others do who have no hope.14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that in the same way...
Daily Readings for Sunday, September 03, 2023
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Daily Readings for Saturday, September 02, 2023
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