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Saint of the Day
St. Dominic Savio: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, May 06, 2025
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...
St. Hilary of Arles: Saint of the Day for Monday, May 05, 2025
Bishop of Arles, France, and friend and relative of St. Honoratus. He was born to a noble family in Lorraine and was successful, although he gave up his secular career to join St. Honoratus at Lerins Abbey. When Honoratus died after being named the bishop of Arles,...
St. Florian: Saint of the Day for Sunday, May 04, 2025
The St. Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" state that...
St. James the Lesser: Saint of the Day for Saturday, May 03, 2025
St. James the Less, the author of the first Catholic Epistle, was the son of Alphaeus of Cleophas. His mother Mary was either a sister or a close relative of the Blessed Virgin, and for that reason, according to Jewish custom, he was sometimes called the brother of...
St. Athanasius: Saint of the Day for Friday, May 02, 2025
St. Athanasius, also known as Athanasius the Great and Athanasius the Confessor, was a bishop and doctor of the church. He is called the "Father of Orthodoxy," the "Pillar of the Church" and "Champion of Christ's Divinity." Athanasius became one of the most dedicated...
St. Marculf: Saint of the Day for Thursday, May 01, 2025
Marculf is also known as Marcoul. He was born at Bayeux, Gaul, at noble parents. He was ordained when he was thirty, and did missionary work at Coutances. Desirous of living as a hermit, he was granted land by king Childebert at Nanteuil. He attracted numerous...
St. Pius V, Pope: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Pope from 1566-1572 and one of the foremost leaders of the Catholic Reformation. Born Antonio Ghislieri in Bosco, Italy, to a poor family, he labored as a shepherd until the age of fourteen and then joined the Dominicans, being ordained in 1528. Called Brother...
St. Catherine of Siena: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, April 29, 2025
St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. Catherine herself was a twin, but her sister did not...
St. Peter Chanel: Saint of the Day for Monday, April 28, 2025
In St. Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr (Feast day - April 28) The protomartyr of the South Seas, St. Peter Chanel was born in 1803 at Clet in the diocese of Belley, France. His intelligence and simple piety brought him to the attention of the local priest, Father...
St. Zita: Saint of the Day for Sunday, April 27, 2025
St. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christian family. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Zita herself always tried to do God's will obediently whenever it was pointed out to her by...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Tuesday, May 06, 2025
Reading 1, Acts 7:51-8:1 51 'You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.52 Can you name a single prophet your ancestors never persecuted? They killed those who foretold the...
Daily Readings for Monday, May 05, 2025
Reading 1, Acts 6:8-15 8 Stephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people.9 Then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the...
Daily Readings for Sunday, May 04, 2025
Daily Reading for Sunday May 4, 2025 Reading 1, Acts 5:27-32, 40-41Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13Gospel, John 21:1-19Reading 2, Revelation 5:11-14 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Acts 5:27-32, 40-41 27 When...
Daily Readings for Saturday, May 03, 2025
Reading 1, First Corinthians 15:1-8 1 I want to make quite clear to you, brothers, what the message of the gospel that I preached to you is; you accepted it and took your stand on it,2 and you are saved by it, if you keep to the message I preached to you; otherwise...
Daily Readings for Friday, May 02, 2025
Reading 1, Acts 5:34-42 34 One member of the Sanhedrin, however, a Pharisee called Gamaliel, who was a teacher of the Law respected by the whole people, stood up and asked to have the men taken outside for a time.35 Then he addressed the Sanhedrin, 'Men of Israel, be...
Daily Readings for Thursday, May 01, 2025
Reading 1, Acts 5:27-33 27 When they had brought them in to face the Sanhedrin, the high priest demanded an explanation.28 'We gave you a strong warning', he said, 'not to preach in this name, and what have you done? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Reading 1, Acts 5:17-26 17 Then the high priest intervened with all his supporters from the party of the Sadducees. Filled with jealousy,18 they arrested the apostles and had them put in the public gaol.19 But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison gates and...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Reading 1, Acts 4:32-37 32 The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, as everything they owned was held in common.33 The apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great...
Daily Readings for Monday, April 28, 2025
Reading 1, Acts 4:23-31 23 As soon as they were released they went to the community and told them everything the chief priests and elders had said to them.24 When they heard it they lifted up their voice to God with one heart. 'Master,' they prayed, 'it is you who...
Daily Readings for Sunday, April 27, 2025
Reading 1, Acts 5:12-16 12 The apostles worked many signs and miracles among the people. One in heart, they all used to meet in the Portico of Solomon.13 No one else dared to join them, but the people were loud in their praise14 and the numbers of men and women who...