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Saint of the Day
St. Ignatius Loyola: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 31, 2025
Born Inigo Lopez de Loyola in 1491, the man known as Ignatius of Loyola entered the world in Loiola, Spain. At the time, the name of the village was spelled "Loyola," hence the discrepancy. Inigo came of age in Azpeitia, in northern Spain. Loyola is a small village at...
St. Peter Chrysologus: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, July 30, 2025
St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Feast-July 30) Born at Imola, Italy in 380, St. Peter was baptized, educated, and ordained a deacon by Cornelius, Bishop of Imola. St. Peter merited being called "Chrysologus" (golden-worded) from his exceptional...
St. Martha: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 29, 2025
"Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus." This unique statement in John's gospel tells us of the special relationship Jesus had with Martha, her sister, and her brother. Apparently Jesus was a frequent guest at Martha's home in Bethany, a small village two miles from...
St. Innocent I: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 28, 2025
Innocent was born at Albano, Italy. He became Pope, succeeding Pope St. Anastasius I, on December 22, 401. During Innocent's pontificate, he emphasized papal supremacy, commending the bishops of Africa for referring the decrees of their councils at Carthage and...
St. Pantaleon: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 27, 2025
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 Saturday, July 26, 2025
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 Friday, July 25, 2025
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 Thursday, July 24, 2025
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 Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Saint Birgitta was the daughter of Uppland�s Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. Birgitta�s family was pious; her father went to confession every Friday and made long and arduous...
St. Mary Magdalene: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Reading 1, Exodus 34:29-35 29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, as he was coming down the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face was radiant because he had been talking to him.30 And when Aaron...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Gospel, John 11:19-27 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in the house.21 Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother...
Daily Readings for Monday, July 28, 2025
Reading 1, Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 15 Moses turned and came down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, tablets inscribed on both sides, inscribed on the front and on the back.16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing on them was...
Daily Readings for Sunday, July 27, 2025
Reading 1, Genesis 18:20-32 20 Then Yahweh said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin is so grave,21 that I shall go down and see whether or not their actions are at all as the outcry reaching me would suggest. Then I shall know.'22 While...
Daily Readings for Saturday, July 26, 2025
Reading 1, Sirach 44:1, 10-15 1 Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.10 But here is a list of illustrious men whose good works have not been forgotten.11 In their descendants they find a rich inheritance, their posterity.12...
Daily Readings for Friday, July 25, 2025
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 4:7-15 7 But we hold this treasure in pots of earthenware, so that the immensity of the power is God's and not our own.8 We are subjected to every kind of hardship, but never distressed; we see no way out but we never despair;9 we are...
Daily Readings for Thursday, July 24, 2025
Daily Reading for Thursday July 24, 2025 Reading 1, Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20Responsorial Psalm, Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56Gospel, Matthew 13:10-17 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20 1 Three months to...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Reading 1, Exodus 16:1-5, 9-15 1 Setting out from Elim, the whole community of Israelites entered the desert of Sin, lying between Elim and Sinai -- on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left Egypt.2 And the whole community of Israelites began...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 5:14-17 14 For the love of Christ overwhelms us when we consider that if one man died for all, then all have died;15 his purpose in dying for all humanity was that those who live should live not any more for themselves, but for him who...
Daily Readings for Monday, July 21, 2025
Reading 1, Exodus 14:5-18 5 When Pharaoh king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, he and his officials changed their attitude towards the people. 'What have we done,' they said, 'allowing Israel to leave our service?'6 So Pharaoh had his chariot harnessed and...