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Saint of the Day
St. Buonfiglio Monaldo: Saint of the Day for Friday, February 12, 2021
He was one of seven Florentines who had joined the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin (the Laudesi) in a particularly lax period in the city's history and who were inspired by a vision on the feast of the Assumption to take up a life of solitude and prayer. After...
St. Paschal: Saint of the Day for Thursday, February 11, 2021
Paschal was the son of Bonosus, a Roman. He studied at the Lateran, was named head of St. Stephen's monastery, which housed pilgrims to Rome, and was elected Pope to succeed Pope Stephen IV (V) on the day Stephen died, January 25, 817. Emperor Louis the Pious agreed...
St. Scholastica: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, February 10, 2021
St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God from her earliest youth. After her brother went to Monte Cassino, where he established his famous monastery, she took up her abode in the neighborhood at Plombariola, where she founded and governed a...
St. Apollonia: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, February 09, 2021
St. Apollonia, who died in the year 249, was martyred for not renouncing her faith during the reign of Emperor Philip. The account of the life of St. Apollonia was written by St. Dionysius to Fabian, Bishop of Antioch. Apollonia had all her teeth knocked out after...
St. Jerome Emiliani: Saint of the Day for Monday, February 08, 2021
Jerome Emiliani lay chained in the dark dirty dungeon. Only a short time before he had been a military commander for Venice in charge of a fortress. He didn't care much about God because he didn't need him -- he had his own strength and the strength of his soldiers...
St. Moses: Saint of the Day for Sunday, February 07, 2021
Arab hermit and bishop who is called Â?the Apostle of the Saracens.Â? He lived in the desert regions of Syria and Egypt, caring for the local nomadic tribes. When the Romans imposed peace upon the Saracens, Queen Mavia, the Saracen ruler, demanded that Moses be...
St. Paul Miki: Saint of the Day for Saturday, February 06, 2021
Paul was the son of a Japanese military leader. He was born at Tounucumada, Japan, was educated at the Jesuit college of Anziquiama, joined the Jesuits in 1580, and became known for his eloquent preaching. He was crucified on Februay 5 with twenty-five other Catholics...
St. Agatha: Saint of the Day for Friday, February 05, 2021
St. Agatha, also known as Agatha of Sicily, is one of the most highly venerated virgin martyrs of the Catholic Church. It is believed that she was born around 231 in either Catania or Palermo, Sicily to a rich and noble family. From her very early years, the notably...
St. Joan of Valois: Saint of the Day for Thursday, February 04, 2021
Joan of Valois, 1464 - 1505, was the second daughter of Louis X1, King of France, and Charlotte of Savoy, She was born on April 23, 1464. At the ge of two months she was betrothed to Louis, Duke of Orleans, and the marriage took place in 1476. There is no doubt that...
St. Blaise: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, February 03, 2021
Saint Blaise was the bishop of Sebastea and a doctor. The first known record of the saint's life comes from the medical writings of AĂ«tius Amidenus, where he is recorded as helping with patients suffering from objects stuck in their throat. Many of the miraculous...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Saturday, February 13, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 3:9-24 9 But Yahweh God called to the man. 'Where are you?' he asked.10 'I heard the sound of you in the garden,' he replied. 'I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.'11 'Who told you that you were naked?' he asked. 'Have you been eating from...
Daily Readings for Friday, February 12, 2021
Daily Reading for Friday February 12, 2021 Reading 1, Genesis 3:1-8Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7Gospel, Mark 7:31-37 Reading 1, Genesis 3:1-8 1 Now, the snake was the most subtle of all the wild animals that Yahweh God had made. It asked the woman, 'Did...
Daily Readings for Thursday, February 11, 2021
Daily Reading for Thursday February 11, 2021 Reading 1, Genesis 2:18-25Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5Gospel, Mark 7:24-30 Reading 1, Genesis 2:18-25 18 Yahweh God said, 'It is not right that the man should be alone. I shall make him a helper.'19 So from...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Daily Reading for Wednesday February 10, 2021 Reading 1, Genesis 2:5-9, 15-17Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 104:1-2, 27-28, 29-30Gospel, Mark 7:14-23 Reading 1, Genesis 2:5-9, 15-17 5 there was as yet no wild bush on the earth nor had any wild plant yet sprung up, for...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, February 09, 2021
Daily Reading for Tuesday February 9, 2021 Reading 1, Genesis 1:20-2:4Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9Gospel, Mark 7:1-13 Reading 1, Genesis 1:20-2:4 20 God said, 'Let the waters be alive with a swarm of living creatures, and let birds wing their way above...
Daily Readings for Monday, February 08, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 1:1-19 1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth.2 Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters.3 God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light.4 God saw that light was...
Daily Readings for Sunday, February 07, 2021
Daily Reading for Sunday February 7, 2021 Reading 1, Job 7:1-4, 6-7Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6Gospel, Mark 1:29-39Reading 2, First Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 Reading 1, Job 7:1-4, 6-7 1 Is not human life on earth just conscript service? Do we not live...
Daily Readings for Saturday, February 06, 2021
Daily Reading for Saturday February 6, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6Gospel, Mark 6:30-34 Reading 1, Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21 15 Through him, let us offer God an unending sacrifice of praise, the fruit of the lips of...
Daily Readings for Friday, February 05, 2021
Daily Reading for Friday February 5, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 13:1-8Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 27:1, 3, 5, 8-9Gospel, Mark 6:14-29 Reading 1, Hebrews 13:1-8 1 Continue to love each other like brothers,2 and remember always to welcome strangers, for by doing this, some...
Daily Readings for Thursday, February 04, 2021
Daily Reading for Thursday February 4, 2021 Reading 1, Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 48:2-3, 3-4, 9, 10-11Gospel, Mark 6:7-13 Reading 1, Hebrews 12:18-19, 21-24 18 What you have come to is nothing known to the senses: not a blazing fire, or gloom...