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Saint of the Day
St. Francis de Sales: Saint of the Day for Sunday, January 24, 2021
St. Francis de Sales was born to a noble family at Chateau de Sales in the Kingdom of Savoy near Geneva, Switzerland on August 21, 1567. He was a Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Francis was both intelligent and gentle. From a very early age, he desired to serve God....
St. Ildephonsus: Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 23, 2021
St. Ildephonsus is highly regarded in Spain and closely associated with devotion to the Blessed Virgin which he fostered by his famous work concerning her perpetual virginity. Born around 607, Ildephonsus came from a noble family and was probably a pupil of St....
St. Vincent Pallotti: Saint of the Day for Friday, January 22, 2021
St. Vincent Pallotti, Priest (Feast - January 22) Born in Rome in 1795, St. Vincent became a priest and dedicated himself completely to God and cared for souls. He dreamed of gaining for Christ all non-Catholics, especially the Mohammedans. To this end he inaugurated...
St. Agnes: Saint of the Day for Thursday, January 21, 2021
St. Agnes of Rome was born in 291 AD and raised in a Christian family. Agnes was very beautiful and belonged to a wealthy family. Her hand in marriage was highly sought after, and she had many high ranking men chasing after her. However, Agnes made a promise to God...
St. Fabian: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Eusebius, born just a few years after Fabian's death, tells us how Fabian came to Rome after Pope Anteros died in 236. A layperson, and not a very important one, he may have come for the same reason many still come to Rome today during a papal election: concern for...
St. Fillan: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Fillan, son of Feriach and St. Kentigerna, was also known as Foelan. He became a monk in his youth and accompanied his mother from Ireland to Scotland where he lived as a hermit near St. Andrew's monastery for many years, and then was elected abbot. He later resigned...
St. Volusian: Saint of the Day for Monday, January 18, 2021
Bishop of Tours, France. A senator at Tours, he was initially married, supposedly to a most unpleasant wife. Named bishop of the city in 488, he was forced to leave the see in 496 by the Arian Visigoths, and went to Spain. He died perhaps in Toulouse, or in Spain,...
St. Anthony the Abbot: Saint of the Day for Sunday, January 17, 2021
Two Greek philosophers ventured out into the Egyptian desert to the mountain where Anthony lived. When they got there, Anthony asked them why they had come to talk to such a foolish man? He had reason to say that -- they saw before them a man who wore a skin, who...
St. Fursey: Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 16, 2021
Irish monastic founder, the brother of Sts. Foillan and Ulan, praised by St. Bede. Fursey was born on the island of Inisguia en Lough Carri, IreÂland, as a noble. He founded Rathmat Abbey, now probably Killursa. In 630 Fursey and his friends went to East Anglia,...
St. Paul the Hermit: Saint of the Day for Friday, January 15, 2021
Also known as Paul the First Hermit and Paul of Thebes, an Egyptian hermit and friend of St. Jerome. Born in Lower The baid, Egypt, he was left an orphan at about the age of fifteen and hid during the persecution of the Church under Emperor Traj anus Decius. At the...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Thursday, February 18, 2021
Daily Reading for Thursday February 18, 2021 Reading 1, Deuteronomy 30:15-20Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6Gospel, Luke 9:22-25 Reading 1, Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15 'Look, today I am offering you life and prosperity, death and disaster.16 If you obey the...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Daily Reading for Wednesday February 17, 2021 Reading 1, Joel 2:12-18Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17Gospel, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18Reading 2, Second Corinthians 5:20-6:2 FREE Catholic Classes Pick a class, you can learn anything Reading 1, Joel...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Daily Reading for Tuesday February 16, 2021 Reading 1, Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 29:1-2, 3-4, 8, 9-10Gospel, Mark 8:14-21 Reading 1, Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 5 Yahweh saw that human wickedness was great on earth and that human hearts contrived...
Daily Readings for Monday, February 15, 2021
Reading 1, Genesis 4:1-15, 25 1 The man had intercourse with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. 'I have acquired a man with the help of Yahweh,' she said.2 She gave birth to a second child, Abel, the brother of Cain. Now Abel became a shepherd and...
Daily Readings for Sunday, February 14, 2021
Daily Reading for Sunday February 14, 2021 Reading 1, Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 11Gospel, Mark 1:40-45Reading 2, First Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Reading 1, Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 1 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron,2 'If a swelling or...
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...