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Saint of the Day
St. Isidore of Seville: Saint of the Day for Thursday, April 04, 2024
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 Wednesday, April 03, 2024
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 Tuesday, April 02, 2024
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 Monday, April 01, 2024
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...
St. Benjamin: Saint of the Day for Sunday, March 31, 2024
St. Benjamin, Martyr (Feast Day - March 31) The Christians in Persia had enjoyed twelve years of peace during the reign of Isdegerd, son of Sapor III, when in 420 it was disturbed by the indiscreet zeal of Abdas, a Christian Bishop who burned the Temple of Fire, the...
St. Peter Regulatus: Saint of the Day for Saturday, March 30, 2024
Also Peter Regalado, Franciscan reformer. Peter was born at Valladolid, Spain, to a noble family, and entered the Franciscan Order in his native city at the age of thirteen. After several years, he transferred to a far more austere monastery at Tribulos, where he...
St. Berthold: Saint of the Day for Friday, March 29, 2024
Considered by some historians to be the founder of the Carmelite Order. He was born in Limoges, France, and proved a brilliant student at the University of Paris. Ordained a priest, Berthold joined his brother, Aymeric, the Latin patriarch of Antioch, in Turkey, on...
St. Venturino of Bergamo: Saint of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
Dominican preacher and missionary crusader. A native of Bergamo, Italy, he joined the Dominicans in 1319 and soon distinguished himself as a brilliant preacher, attracting huge crowds throughout northern Italy. Pleased with his ability to reach large numbers of...
St. Rupert: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Bishop and missionary, also listed as Robert of Hrodbert. A member of a noble Frankish family, he was appointed bishop of Worms, Germany, and then dedicated himself to spreading the faith among the Germans. With the patronage of Duke Thedo of Bavaria, he took over the...
St. Margaret Clitherow: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
St. Margaret Clitherow was born in Middleton, England, in 1555, of protestant parents. Possessed of good looks and full of wit and merriment, she was a charming personality. In 1571, she married John Clitherow, a well-to-do grazier and butcher (to whom she bore two...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 14:19-28 19 Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and turned the people against them. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the town, thinking he was dead.20 The disciples came crowding round him but, as they did so, he stood up and went...
Daily Readings for Monday, April 29, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 14:5-18 5 but eventually with the connivance of the authorities a move was made by gentiles as well as Jews to make attacks on them and to stone them.6 When they came to hear of this, they went off for safety to Lycaonia where, in the towns of Lystra...
Daily Readings for Sunday, April 28, 2024
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Daily Readings for Saturday, April 27, 2024
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Daily Readings for Friday, April 26, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 13:26-33 26 'My brothers, sons of Abraham's race, and all you godfearers, this message of salvation is meant for you.27 What the people of Jerusalem and their rulers did, though they did not realise it, was in fact to fulfil the prophecies read on...
Daily Readings for Thursday, April 25, 2024
Reading 1, First Peter 5:5-14 5 In the same way, younger people, be subject to the elders. Humility towards one another must be the garment you all wear constantly, because God opposes the proud but accords his favour to the humble.6 Bow down, then, before the power...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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 Jerusalem and came back, bringing John Mark with them.1 In the church at Antioch the following were prophets and teachers: Barnabas,...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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 Cyprus and Antioch, but they proclaimed the message only to Jews.20 Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to...
Daily Readings for Monday, April 22, 2024
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Daily Readings for Sunday, April 21, 2024
Daily Reading for Sunday April 21, 2024 Reading 1, Acts 4:8-12Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 21, 29Gospel, John 10:11-18Reading 2, First John 3:1-2 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Acts 4:8-12 8 Then Peter,...