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Saint of the Day
Sts. Isaac Jogues and Rene Goupil: Saint of the Day for Saturday, October 19, 2024
In 1642 the Huron country was in great distress. Harvests were poor, sickness abounded, and clothing was scarce. Quebec was the only source of supplies, and Isaac Jogues was chosen to lead an expedition. It reached its objective safely and started back well supplied...
St. Luke: Saint of the Day for Friday, October 18, 2024
Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul's "Luke, the beloved physician" (Colossians 4:14). We know few other facts about Luke's life from Scripture and from early Church historians. It is believed that Luke was...
St. Ignatius of Antioch: Saint of the Day for Thursday, October 17, 2024
"I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire." In 107, during the reign of the brutal Emperor Trajan, this holy Bishop was...
St. Gerard Majella: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, October 16, 2024
St. Gerard Majella is the patron of expectant mothers. He was born in 1726 in Muro, Italy to a family of seven. Majella grew up in a poverty with a great respect for the poor. As he was just 12 when his father passed away, he was forced to grow up fast. Shortly after...
St. Teresa of Avila: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Teresa of Avila was born Teresa Ali Fatim Corella Sanchez de Capeda y Ahumada in Avila, Spain. Less than twenty years before Teresa was born in 1515, Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to European colonization. Two years after she was born, Luther started the...
St. Callistus I: Saint of the Day for Monday, October 14, 2024
Imagine that your biography was written by an enemy of yours. And that its information was all anyone would have not only for the rest of your life but for centuries to come. You would never be able to refute it -- and even if you couldno one would believe you because...
St. Edward the Confessor: Saint of the Day for Sunday, October 13, 2024
Edward the Confessor was the son of King Ethelred III and his Norman wife, Emma, daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy. He was born at Islip, England, and sent to Normandy with his mother in the year 1013 when the Danes under Sweyn and his son Canute invaded England....
St. Wilfrid: Saint of the Day for Saturday, October 12, 2024
Born in Northumberland in 634, St. Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome. Returning to England, he was elected abbot of Ripon in 658 and introduced the Roman rules and practices in opposition to the celtic ways of northern...
St. John XXIII: Saint of the Day for Friday, October 11, 2024
The man who would be Pope John XXIII was born in the small village of Sotto il Monte in Italy, on November 25, 1881. He was the fourth of fourteen children born to poor parents who made their living by sharecropping. Named Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the baby would...
St. Francis Borgia: Saint of the Day for Thursday, October 10, 2024
Francis was a young nobleman at the court of the King of Spain. He became a Duke when he was only thirty-three and lived a happy, peaceful life with his wife Eleanor and their eight children. But unlike so many other powerful nobles, Francis was a perfect Christian...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Thursday, November 14, 2024
Reading 1, Philemon 1:7-20 7 I have received much joy and encouragement by your love; you have set the hearts of God's holy people at rest.8 Therefore, although in Christ I have no hesitations about telling you what your duty is,9 I am rather appealing to your love,...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Reading 1, Titus 3:1-7 1 Remind them to be obedient to the officials in authority; to be ready to do good at every opportunity;2 not to go slandering other people but to be peaceable and gentle, and always polite to people of all kinds.3 There was a time when we too...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Reading 1, Titus 2:1-8, 11-14 1 It is for you, then, to preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine.2 Older men should be reserved, dignified, moderate, sound in faith and love and perseverance.3 Similarly, older women should behave as befits religious...
Daily Readings for Monday, November 11, 2024
Reading 1, Titus 1:1-9 1 From Paul, servant of God, an apostle of Jesus Christ to bring those whom God has chosen to faith and to the knowledge of the truth that leads to true religion,2 and to give them the hope of the eternal life that was promised so long ago by...
Daily Readings for Sunday, November 10, 2024
Reading 1, First Kings 17:10-16 10 So he went off to Sidon. And when he reached the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Addressing her he said, 'Please bring a little water in a pitcher for me to drink.'11 She was on her way to fetch it when he called after...
Daily Readings for Saturday, November 09, 2024
Daily Reading for Saturday November 9, 2024 Reading 1, Genesis 28:11-18Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 84:3, 4, 5-6, 8, 11Gospel, Luke 19:1-10Reading 2, First Corinthians 3:9-13, 16-17 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Genesis...
Daily Readings for Friday, November 08, 2024
Reading 1, Philippians 3:17-4:1 17 Brothers, be united in imitating me. Keep your eyes fixed on those who act according to the example you have from me.18 For there are so many people of whom I have often warned you, and now I warn you again with tears in my eyes, who...
Daily Readings for Thursday, November 07, 2024
Reading 1, Philippians 3:3-8 3 We are the true people of the circumcision since we worship by the Spirit of God and make Christ Jesus our only boast, not relying on physical qualifications,4 although, I myself could rely on these too. If anyone does claim to rely on...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Reading 1, Philippians 2:12-18 12 So, my dear friends, you have always been obedient; your obedience must not be limited to times when I am present. Now that I am absent it must be more in evidence, so work out your salvation in fear and trembling.13 It is God who,...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, November 05, 2024
Reading 1, Philippians 2:5-11 5 Make your own the mind of Christ Jesus:6 Who, being in the form of God, did not count equality with God something to be grasped.7 But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are; and being in every way...