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Saint of the Day
St. Simon Stock: Saint of the Day for Saturday, May 16, 2020
Although little is known about Simon Stock's early life, legend has it that the name Stock, meaning "tree trunk," derives from the fact that, beginning at age twelve, he lived as a hermit in a hollow tree trunk of an oak tree. It is also believed that, as a young man,...
St. Dymphna: Saint of the Day for Friday, May 15, 2020
Dymphna was born in Ireland sometime in the seventh century to a pagan father and devout Christian mother. When she was fourteen, she consecrated herself to Christ and took a vow of chastity. Soon afterward, her mother died and her father - who had loved his wife...
St. Matthias: Saint of the Day for Thursday, May 14, 2020
How does one qualify to be an apostle? The first act of the apostles after the Ascension of Jesus was to find a replacement for Judas. With all the questions, doubts, and dangers facing them, they chose to focus their attention on finding a twelfth apostle. Why was...
St. John the Silent: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Bishop of Colonia in Palestine and a hermit. Born in Nicopolis, Armenia, he established a monastery at the age of eighteen. Appointed a bishop at the age of twenty-eight, he spent nine years in his office before retiring to Jerusalem to embrace the eremitical life....
Sts. Nereus & Achilleus: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, May 12, 2020
So often we hear people or even ourselves excuse an action by saying "I was only following orders." But for Nereus and Achilleus this excuse could not stand in the face of the cross. Everything we know from authority about the two first- century martyrs comes from a...
St. Damien of Molokai: Saint of the Day for Sunday, May 10, 2020
The man who would become St. Damien of Molokai, was born in rural Belgium, on January 3, 1840. His name was Jozef De Veuster, and he was the youngest of seven children. Growing up on the farm, Jozef was prepared to take over for his family, but he did not want the...
St. Pachomius: Saint of the Day for Saturday, May 09, 2020
St. Pachomius was born about 292 in the Upeer Thebaid in Egypt and was inducted into the Emperor's army as a twenty-year-old. The great kindness of Christians at Thebes toward the soldiers became embedded in his mind and led to his conversion after his discharge....
St. Peter of Tarantaise: Saint of the Day for Friday, May 08, 2020
Cistercian archbishop. Peter was born near Vienne, in Dauphine, France, and joined the Cistercian Order at Bonneveaux at the age of twenty with his two brothers and father. Known for his piety, at age thirty he was sent to serve as the first abbot of Tamie, in the...
St. Rose Venerini: Saint of the Day for Thursday, May 07, 2020
Blessed Rose was born at Viterbo in 1656, the daughter of Godfrey Venerini, a physician. Upon the death of a young man who had been paying court to her, she entered a convent, but after a few months had to return home to look after her widowed mother. Rose use to...
St. Dominic Savio: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Dominic Savio was born on April 2, 1842 in the village of Riva in northern Italy. His father was a blacksmith and his mother a seamstress. He had nine brothers and sisters. His family was poor but hardworking. They were devout and pious Catholics. When he was just two...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Thursday, May 07, 2020
Reading 1, Acts 13:13-25 13 Paul and his companions went by sea from Paphos to Perga in Pamphylia where John left them to go back to Jerusalem. 14 The others carried on from Perga till they reached Antioch in Pisidia. Here they went to synagogue on the Sabbath and...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday May 6, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 12:24--13:5Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8Gospel, John 12:44-50 Reading 1, Acts 12:24--13:5 24 The word of God continued to spread and to gain followers. 25 Barnabas and Saul completed their task at...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday May 5, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 11:19-26Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 87:1-3, 4-5, 6-7Gospel, John 10:22-30 Reading 1, Acts 11:19-26 19 Those who had scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and...
Daily Readings for Monday, May 04, 2020
Reading 1, Acts 11:1-18 1 The apostles and the brothers in Judaea heard that gentiles too had accepted the word of God, 2 and when Peter came up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers protested to him 3 and said, 'So you have been visiting the uncircumcised and eating...
Daily Readings for Sunday, May 03, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday May 3, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 2:14, 36-41Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6Gospel, John 10:1-10Reading 2, First Peter 2:20-25 Reading 1, Acts 2:14, 36-41 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed them in a loud voice: 'Men...
Daily Readings for Saturday, May 02, 2020
Daily Reading for Saturday May 2, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 9:31-42Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 116:12-13, 14-15, 16-17Gospel, John 6:60-69 Reading 1, Acts 9:31-42 31 The churches throughout Judaea, Galilee and Samaria were now left in peace, building themselves up and...
Daily Readings for Friday, May 01, 2020
Reading 1, Acts 9:1-20 1 Meanwhile Saul was still breathing threats to slaughter the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked for letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, that would authorise him to arrest and take to Jerusalem any followers of...
Daily Readings for Thursday, April 30, 2020
Reading 1, Acts 8:26-40 26 The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, 'Set out at noon and go along the road that leads from Jerusalem down to Gaza, the desert road.' 27 So he set off on his journey. Now an Ethiopian had been on pilgrimage to Jerusalem; he was a...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday April 29, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 8:1-8Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7Gospel, John 6:35-40 Reading 1, Acts 8:1-8 1 Saul approved of the killing. That day a bitter persecution started against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday April 28, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 7:51--8:1Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 31:3-4, 6, 7, 8, 17, 21Gospel, John 6:30-35 Reading 1, Acts 7:51--8:1 51 'You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit,...