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Saint of the Day
St. Michael de Sanctis: Saint of the Day for Thursday, April 10, 2025
Michael de Sanctis was born in Catalonia, Spain around 1591. At the age of six he informed his parents that he was going to be a monk. Moreover, he imitated St. Francis of Assisi to such a great extent that he had to be restrained. After the death of his parents,...
St. Waldetrudis: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, April 09, 2025
Also known as Waltrude or Waudru, she was the daughter of Saints Walbert and Bertilia and sister of St. Aldegunus of Maubeuge. Marrying St. Vincent Madelgarius, she became the mother of saints Landericus, Madalberta, Adeltrudis, and Dentelin. When her husband chose to...
St. Julie Billiart: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, April 08, 2025
St. Julie (Julia) Billiart was born in 1751 and died in 1816. As a child, playing "school" was Julie's favorite game. When she was sixteen, to help support her family, she began to teach "for real". She sat on a haystack during the noon recess and told the biblical...
St. John Baptist de la Salle: Saint of the Day for Monday, April 07, 2025
St. John Baptist de La Salle was born in 1651, in Reims, France. He was the eldest son of wealthy parents. At the age of eleven, La Salle was committed becoming a priest. At the age of sixteen, he was named Canon of Reims Cathedral. At the age of eighteen, he received...
St. William of Eskilsoe: Saint of the Day for Sunday, April 06, 2025
Missionary. Born at Saint-Germain, France, circa 1125, he served as a canon at the church of St. Genevieve, Paris, under the great Abbot Suger until about 1170, when he was sent to Denmark with the mission of reforming the canons at Eskilsoe at the request of the...
St. Vincent Ferrer: Saint of the Day for Saturday, April 05, 2025
St. Vincent Ferrer is the patron saint of builders because of his fame for "building up" and strengthening the Church: through his preaching, missionary work, in his teachings, as confessor and adviser. At Valencia in Spain, this illustrious son of St. Dominic came...
St. Isidore of Seville: Saint of the Day for Friday, April 04, 2025
Isidore was literally born into a family of saints in sixth century Spain. Two of his brothers, Leander and Fulgentius, and one of his sisters, Florentina, are revered as saints in Spain. It was also a family of leaders and strong minds with Leander and Fulgentius...
St. Richard of Wyche: Saint of the Day for Thursday, April 03, 2025
Richard of Wyche, also known as Richard of Chichester, was born at Wyche (Droitwich), Worcestershire, England. He was orphaned when he was quite young. He retrieved the fortunes of the mismanaged estate he inherited when he took it over, and then turned it over to his...
St. Francis of Paola: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, April 02, 2025
Francis was born at Paola, Italy and was educated at the Franciscan friary of San Marco there, and when fifteen became a hermit near Paola. In 1436, he and two companions began a community that is considered the foundation of the Minim Friars. He built a monastery...
St. Hugh of Grenoble: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, April 01, 2025
Benedictine bishop of Grenoble, France, patron of St. Bruno. He was born in the Dauphine region and became a canon of the cathedral in Valence. In 1080, while attending a synod in Avignon, Hugh was named bishop of Grenoble. He attempted a massive reform of the...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Sunday, April 13, 2025
Reading 1, Isaiah 50:4-7 4 Lord Yahweh has given me a disciple's tongue, for me to know how to give a word of comfort to the weary. Morning by morning he makes my ear alert to listen like a disciple.5 Lord Yahweh has opened my ear and I have not resisted, I have not...
Daily Readings for Saturday, April 12, 2025
Reading 1, Ezekiel 37:21-28 21 say, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I shall take the Israelites from the nations where they have gone. I shall gather them to- gether from everywhere and bring them home to their own soil.22 I shall make them into one nation in the country,...
Daily Readings for Friday, April 11, 2025
Reading 1, Jeremiah 20:10-13 10 I heard so many disparaging me, 'Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!' All those who were on good terms with me watched for my downfall, 'Perhaps he will be seduced into error. Then we shall get the better of him and...
Daily Readings for Thursday, April 10, 2025
Reading 1, Genesis 17:3-9 3 And Abram bowed to the ground. God spoke to him as follows,4 'For my part, this is my covenant with you: you will become the father of many nations.5 And you are no longer to be called Abram; your name is to be Abraham, for I am making you...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, April 09, 2025
Reading 1, Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 14 Nebuchadnezzar addressed them, 'Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego, is it true that you do not serve my gods, and that you refuse to worship the golden statue I have set up?15 When you hear the sound of horn, pipe, lyre, zither,...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, April 08, 2025
Reading 1, Numbers 21:4-9 4 They left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt round Edom. On the way the people lost patience.5 They spoke against God and against Moses, 'Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is neither food nor...
Daily Readings for Monday, April 07, 2025
Reading 1, Daniel 13:41-62 41 She refused to tell us. That is our evidence.' Since they were elders of the people and judges, the assembly accepted their word: Susanna was condemned to death.42 She cried out as loud as she could, 'Eternal God, you know all secrets and...
Daily Readings for Sunday, April 06, 2025
Reading 1, Isaiah 43:16-21 16 Thus says Yahweh, who made a way through the sea, a path in the raging waters,17 who led out chariot and horse together with an army of picked troops: they lay down never to rise again, they were snuffed out, put out like a wick.18 No...
Daily Readings for Saturday, April 05, 2025
Reading 1, Jeremiah 11:18-20 18 Yahweh informed me and I knew it; you then revealed their scheming to me.19 I for my part was like a trustful lamb being led to the slaughterhouse, not knowing the schemes they were plotting against me, 'Let us destroy the tree in its...
Daily Readings for Friday, April 04, 2025
Daily Reading for Friday April 4, 2025 Reading 1, Wisdom 2:1, 12-22Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 34:17-18, 19-20, 21, 23Gospel, John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Wisdom 2:1, 12-22 1 And this is the false...