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Saint of the Day
St. James Intercisus: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, November 27, 2024
James was a favorite of King Yezdigerd I of Persia and a Christian. He abandoned his religion when Yesdigerd launched a persecution of the Christians. When the king died, James repented of his apostasy and declared himself to be a Christian to the new king, Bahram....
St. John Berchmans: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Eldest son of a shoemaker, John was born at Diest, Brabant. He early wanted to be a priest, and when thirteen became a servant in the household of one of the Cathedral canons at Malines, John Froymont. In 1615, he entered the newly founded Jesuit College at Malines,...
St. Catherine of Alexandria: Saint of the Day for Monday, November 25, 2024
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a canonized saint in the Catholic Church who, per Christian tradition, was martyred around 305 in Alexandria, Egypt. Of course, the Church of the first Millennium was undivided. She is also recognized as the Great Martyr and Saint by...
St. Andrew Dung Lac: Saint of the Day for Sunday, November 24, 2024
Through the missionary efforts of various religious families beginning in the sixteenth century and continuing until 1866, the Vietnamese people heard the message of the gospel, and many accepted it despite persecution and even death. On June 19, 1988, Pope John Paul...
Bl. Miguel Pro: Saint of the Day for Saturday, November 23, 2024
Born on January 13, 1891 in Guadalupe, Mexico, Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez was the eldest son of Miguel Pro and Josefa Juarez. Miguelito, as his doting family called him, was, from an early age, intensely spiritual and equally intense in hi mischievousness, frequently...
St. Cecilia: Saint of the Day for Friday, November 22, 2024
In the fourth century a Greek religious romance on the Loves of Cecilia and Valerian was written in glorification of virginal life with the purpose of taking the place of then-popular sensual romances. Consequently, until better evidence is produced, we must conclude...
St. Gelasius: Saint of the Day for Thursday, November 21, 2024
St. Gelasius I, Pope (Feast day - November 21) Gelasius was born in Rome, in the fifth century, the son of an African named Valerius. Later, ordained a priest, he was elected Pope on March 1st, 492. Gelasius had a reputation for learning, justice, holiness, and...
St. Edmund Rich: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Archbishop of Canterbury England, who battled for discipline and justice, also called Edmund of Abingdon. Born in Abingdon, on November 30, 1180. he studied at Oxford, England, and in Paris, France. He taught art and mathematics at Oxford and was ordained. He spent...
St. Nerses the Great: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Bishop and martyr, the father of St. Isaac the Great. A native of Armenia, he studied in Cappadocia and wed a princess who gave birth to Isaac. After she died, he served as a chamber lain in the court of King Arshak of Armenia. In 353 he was made Catholicos of the...
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne: Saint of the Day for Monday, November 18, 2024
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, Virgin (Feast day - November 18) Born in Grenoble, France, in 1769, Rose joined the Society of the Sacred Heart. In 1818, when she was forty-nine years old, Rose was sent to the United States. She founded a boarding school for daughters...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Reading 1, Second Samuel 7:1-5, 8-11, 16 1 Once the king had settled into his palace and Yahweh had granted him rest from all the enemies surrounding him,2 the king said to the prophet Nathan, 'Look, I am living in a cedar-wood palace, while the ark of God is under...
Daily Readings for Monday, December 23, 2024
Reading 1, Malachi 3:1-4, 23-24 1 'Look, I shall send my messenger to clear a way before me. And suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple; yes, the angel of the covenant, for whom you long, is on his way, says Yahweh Sabaoth.2 Who will be able to resist...
Daily Readings for Sunday, December 22, 2024
Reading 1, Micah 5:1-4 1 But you (Bethlehem) Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, from you will come for me a future ruler of Israel whose origins go back to the distant past, to the days of old.2 Hence Yahweh will abandon them only until she who is in labour...
Daily Readings for Saturday, December 21, 2024
Reading 1, Zephaniah 3:14-18 14 Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!15 Yahweh has repealed your sentence; he has turned your enemy away. Yahweh is king among you, Israel, you have nothing more...
Daily Readings for Friday, December 20, 2024
Reading 1, Isaiah 7:10-14 10 Yahweh spoke to Ahaz again and said:11 Ask Yahweh your God for a sign, either in the depths of Sheol or in the heights above.12 But Ahaz said, 'I will not ask. I will not put Yahweh to the test.'13 He then said: Listen now, House of David:...
Daily Readings for Thursday, December 19, 2024
Reading 1, Judges 13:2-7, 24-25 2 There was a man of Zorah of the tribe of Dan, called Manoah. His wife was barren; she had borne no children.3 The Angel of Yahweh appeared to this woman and said to her, 'You are barren and have had no child, but you are going to...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Reading 1, Jeremiah 23:5-8 5 Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall raise an upright Branch for David; he will reign as king and be wise, doing what is just and upright in the country.6 In his days Judah will triumph and Israel live in safety. And...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Reading 1, Genesis 49:2, 8-10 2 Gather round, sons of Jacob, and listen; listen to Israel your father.8 Judah, your brothers will praise you: you grip your enemies by the neck, your father's sons will do you homage.9 Judah is a lion's whelp; You stand over your prey,...
Daily Readings for Monday, December 16, 2024
Reading 1, Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17 2 Raising his eyes Balaam saw Israel settled tribe by tribe; the spirit of God came on him3 and he declaimed his poem, as follows: The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of the man with far-seeing eyes,4 the prophecy of one...
Daily Readings for Sunday, December 15, 2024
Reading 1, Zephaniah 3:14-18 14 Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!15 Yahweh has repealed your sentence; he has turned your enemy away. Yahweh is king among you, Israel, you have nothing more...