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Saint of the Day
St. Dominic Savio: Saint of the Day for Monday, May 06, 2024
Dominic Savio was born on April 2, 1842 in the village of Riva in northern Italy. His father was a blacksmith and his mother a seamstress. He had nine brothers and sisters. His family was poor but hardworking. They were devout and pious Catholics. When he was just two...
St. Hilary of Arles: Saint of the Day for Sunday, May 05, 2024
Bishop of Arles, France, and friend and relative of St. Honoratus. He was born to a noble family in Lorraine and was successful, although he gave up his secular career to join St. Honoratus at Lerins Abbey. When Honoratus died after being named the bishop of Arles,...
St. Florian: Saint of the Day for Saturday, May 04, 2024
The St. Florian commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on May 4th, was an officer of the Roman army, who occupied a high administrative post in Noricum, now part of Austria, and who suffered death for the Faith in the days of Diocletian. His legendary "Acts" state that...
St. James the Lesser: Saint of the Day for Friday, May 03, 2024
St. James the Less, the author of the first Catholic Epistle, was the son of Alphaeus of Cleophas. His mother Mary was either a sister or a close relative of the Blessed Virgin, and for that reason, according to Jewish custom, he was sometimes called the brother of...
St. Athanasius: Saint of the Day for Thursday, May 02, 2024
St. Athanasius, also known as Athanasius the Great and Athanasius the Confessor, was a bishop and doctor of the church. He is called the "Father of Orthodoxy," the "Pillar of the Church" and "Champion of Christ's Divinity." Athanasius became one of the most dedicated...
St. Marculf: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Marculf is also known as Marcoul. He was born at Bayeux, Gaul, at noble parents. He was ordained when he was thirty, and did missionary work at Coutances. Desirous of living as a hermit, he was granted land by king Childebert at Nanteuil. He attracted numerous...
St. Pius V, Pope: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Pope from 1566-1572 and one of the foremost leaders of the Catholic Reformation. Born Antonio Ghislieri in Bosco, Italy, to a poor family, he labored as a shepherd until the age of fourteen and then joined the Dominicans, being ordained in 1528. Called Brother...
St. Catherine of Siena: Saint of the Day for Monday, April 29, 2024
St. Catherine of Siena was born during the outbreak of the plague in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was the 25th child born to her mother, although half of her brothers and sisters did not survive childhood. Catherine herself was a twin, but her sister did not...
St. Peter Chanel: Saint of the Day for Sunday, April 28, 2024
In St. Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr (Feast day - April 28) The protomartyr of the South Seas, St. Peter Chanel was born in 1803 at Clet in the diocese of Belley, France. His intelligence and simple piety brought him to the attention of the local priest, Father...
St. Zita: Saint of the Day for Saturday, April 27, 2024
St. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christian family. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Zita herself always tried to do God's will obediently whenever it was pointed out to her by...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Friday, May 31, 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 Thursday, May 30, 2024
Reading 1, Exodus 24:3-8 3 Moses went and told the people all Yahweh's words and all the laws, and all the people answered with one voice, 'All the words Yahweh has spoken we will carry out!'4 Moses put all Yahweh's words into writing, and early next morning he built...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Reading 1, First Peter 1:18-25 18 For you know that the price of your ransom from the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors was paid, not in anything perishable like silver or gold,19 but in precious blood as of a blameless and spotless lamb, Christ.20 He...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Reading 1, First Peter 1:10-16 10 This salvation was the subject of the search and investigation of the prophets who spoke of the grace you were to receive,11 searching out the time and circumstances for which the Spirit of Christ, bearing witness in them, was...
Daily Readings for Monday, May 27, 2024
Reading 1, First Peter 1:3-9 3 Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead4 and into a heritage that can never be spoilt or soiled and...
Daily Readings for Sunday, May 26, 2024
Daily Reading for Sunday May 26, 2024 Reading 1, Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 33:4-5, 6, 9, 18-19, 20, 22Gospel, Matthew 28:16-20Reading 2, Romans 8:14-17 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Deuteronomy...
Daily Readings for Saturday, May 25, 2024
Reading 1, James 5:13-20 13 Any one of you who is in trouble should pray; anyone in good spirits should sing a psalm.14 Any one of you who is ill should send for the elders of the church, and they must anoint the sick person with oil in the name of the Lord and pray...
Daily Readings for Friday, May 24, 2024
Reading 1, James 5:9-12 9 Do not make complaints against one another, brothers, so as not to be brought to judgement yourselves; the Judge is already to be seen waiting at the gates.10 For your example, brothers, in patiently putting up with persecution, take the...
Daily Readings for Thursday, May 23, 2024
Reading 1, James 5:1-6 1 Well now, you rich! Lament, weep for the miseries that are coming to you.2 Your wealth is rotting, your clothes are all moth-eaten.3 All your gold and your silver are corroding away, and the same corrosion will be a witness against you and eat...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Reading 1, James 4:13-17 13 Well now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow, we are off to this or that town; we are going to spend a year there, trading, and make some money.'14 You never know what will happen tomorrow: you are no more than a mist that appears for a little...