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Saint of the Day
St. Innocent I: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 28, 2024
Innocent was born at Albano, Italy. He became Pope, succeeding Pope St. Anastasius I, on December 22, 401. During Innocent's pontificate, he emphasized papal supremacy, commending the bishops of Africa for referring the decrees of their councils at Carthage and...
St. Pantaleon: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 27, 2024
St Pantaleon came from Nicomedia, near the Black Sea, in Asia. He was such a famous doctor that the Emperor himself chose him for his own doctor. Pantaleon was a Christian, but the bad influence from the pagan court caused him to give up his Christian faith entirely....
Sts. Joachim and Anne: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 26, 2024
Saints Joachim (sometimes spelled "Joaquin," pronounced "wal-keem") and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary. There are no mentions of them in the Bible or Gospels, what we know comes from Catholic legend and the Gospel of James, which is an unsanctioned,...
St. James the Greater: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 25, 2024
Nothing is known of St. James the Greater's early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disciple. The title "the Greater" was added to St. James' name to help distinguish him from the Apostle James "the...
St. John Boste: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, July 24, 2024
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the...
St. Bridget of Sweden: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Saint Birgitta was the daughter of UpplandÂ?s Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. BirgittaÂ?s family was pious; her father went to confession every Friday and made long and arduous pilgrimages as...
St. Mary Magdalene: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 22, 2024
St. Mary Magdalene is one of the greatest saints of the Bible and a legendary example of God's mercy and grace. The precise dates of her birth and death are unknown, but we do know she was present with Christ during his public ministry, death and resurrection. She is...
St. Lawrence of Brindisi: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 21, 2024
Caesare de Rossi was born at Brandisi, kingdom of Naples, on July 22nd. He was educated by the conventual Franciscans there and by his uncle at St. Mark's in Venice. When sixteen, he joined the Capuchins at Verona, taking the name Lawrence. He pursued his higher...
St. Margaret of Antioch: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 20, 2024
Nothing certain is known of her, but according to her untrustworthy legend, she was the daughter of a pagan priest at Antioch in Pisidia. Also known as Marina, she was converted to Christianity, whereupon she was driven from home by her father. She became a...
St. Arsenius the Great: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 19, 2024
Confessor and hermit on the Nile. Arsenius, who was born in Rome in 354, was the tutor of the children of Emperors Theodosius I the Great, Arcadius, and Honorius. At that time, Arsenius was a Roman deacon recommended for the office by Pope St. Damasus. lie served at...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Thursday, August 22, 2024
Reading 1, Ezekiel 36:23-28 23 I am going to display the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am Yahweh -- declares the Lord Yahweh -- when in you I display my...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Reading 1, Ezekiel 34:1-11 1 The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,2 'Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them, "Shepherds, the Lord Yahweh says this: Disaster is in store for the shepherds of Israel who feed...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Reading 1, Ezekiel 28:1-10 1 The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,2 'Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, "The Lord Yahweh says this: Because your heart has grown proud, you thought: I am a god; I am divinely enthroned far out to sea. Though you are...
Daily Readings for Monday, August 19, 2024
Reading 1, Ezekiel 24:15-24 15 The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,16 'Son of man, at a blow I am about to deprive you of the delight of your eyes. But you are not to lament, not to weep, not to let your tears run down.17 Groan in silence, do not go into...
Daily Readings for Sunday, August 18, 2024
Reading 1, Proverbs 9:1-6 1 Wisdom has built herself a house, she has hewn her seven pillars,2 she has slaughtered her beasts, drawn her wine, she has laid her table.3 She has despatched her maidservants and proclaimed from the heights above the city,4 'Who is simple?...
Daily Readings for Saturday, August 17, 2024
Reading 1, Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13, 30-32 1 The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,2 'Why do you keep repeating this proverb in the land of Israel: The parents have eaten unripe grapes; and the children's teeth are set on edge?3 'As I live -- declares the Lord...
Daily Readings for Friday, August 16, 2024
Reading 1, Ezekiel 16:59-63 59 "For the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall treat you as you have deserved for making light of an oath and breaking a covenant,60 but I shall remember my covenant with you when you were a girl and shall conclude a covenant with you that will...
Daily Readings for Thursday, August 15, 2024
Reading 1, Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10 19 Then the sanctuary of God in heaven opened, and the ark of the covenant could be seen inside it. Then came flashes of lightning, peals of thunder and an earthquake and violent hail.1 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Reading 1, Isaiah 58:6-11 6 Is not this the sort of fast that pleases me: to break unjust fetters, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break all yokes?7 Is it not sharing your food with the hungry, and sheltering the homeless poor; if...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Daily Reading for Tuesday August 13, 2024 Reading 1, Ezekiel 2:8-3:4Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131Gospel, Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Ezekiel 2:8-3:4 8 But you, son of...