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Saint of the Day
St. Abdiesus: Saint of the Day for Monday, April 22, 2024
Also called Hebed Jesus, a deacon in the Christian community of Persia who was caught up in the persecutions conducted by King Shapur II. Records indicate that Abdiesus was accompanied in his martyrdom by Abrosimus, Acepsimus, Azadanes, Azades, Bicor, Mareas, Milles,...
St. Anselm: Saint of the Day for Sunday, April 21, 2024
St. Anselm Archbishop of Canterbury and Confessor APRIL 21,A.D. 1109 IF the Norman conquerors stripped the English nation of its liberty, and many temporal advantages, it must be owned that by their valor they raised the reputation of its arms, and deprived their own...
St. Marian: Saint of the Day for Saturday, April 20, 2024
When St. Mamertinus was Abbot of the monastery which St. Germanus had founded at Auxerre, there came to him a young man called Marcian (also known as Marian), a fugitive from Bourges then occupied by the Visigoths. St. Mamertinus gave him the habit, and the novice...
St. Alphege: Saint of the Day for Friday, April 19, 2024
Archbishop and "the First Martyr of Canterbury." He was born in 953 and became a monk in the Deerhurst Monastery in Gloucester, England, asking after a few years to become a hermit. He received permission for this vocation and retired to a small hut near Somerset,...
St. Apollonius the Apologist: Saint of the Day for Thursday, April 18, 2024
Martyr whose Apologia, or defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church. Apollonius was a Roman senator who was denounced as a Christian by one of his slaves. The Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius Perennis, arrested him,...
St. Anicetus: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Anicetus was a Syrian from Emesa. He became pope about 155 and actively opposed Marcionism and Gnosticism. His pontificate saw the appearance of the controversy between East and West over the date of Easter. St. Polycarp, a disciple of John, is reported to have...
St. Bernadette: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, April 16, 2024
St. Bernadette was born in Lourdes, France on January 7, 1844. Her parents were very poor and she was the first of nine children. She was baptized at St. Pierre's, the local parish church, on January 9. As a toddler, Bernadette contracted cholera and suffered extreme...
St. Paternus: Saint of the Day for Monday, April 15, 2024
St. Paternus.The first 5th century saint. He followed his father's path by becoming a hermit in Wales. He founded the monastery at the great church of Paternus, and became a bishop of that region. He was known for his preaching, charity and mortifications. Scholars...
St. Lydwine: Saint of the Day for Sunday, April 14, 2024
St. Lydwine is the patroness of sickness Lydwine of Schiedam was born at Schiedam, Holland, one of nine children of a working man. After an injury in her youth, she became bedridden and suffered the rest of her life from various illnesses and diseases. She experienced...
Pope Saint Martin I: Saint of the Day for Saturday, April 13, 2024
Martin I lay too sick to fight on a couch in front of the altar when the soldiers burst into the Lateran basilica. He had come to the church when he heard the soldiers had landed. But the thought of kidnapping a sick pope from the house of God didn't stop the soldiers...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Sunday, May 19, 2024
Daily Reading for Sunday May 19, 2024 Reading 1, Acts 2:1-11Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34Gospel, John 20:19-23Reading 2, First Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Acts 2:1-11 1 When...
Daily Readings for Saturday, May 18, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 16 On our arrival in Rome Paul was allowed to stay in lodgings of his own with the soldier who guarded him.17 After three days he called together the leading Jews. When they had assembled, he said to them, 'Brothers, although I have...
Daily Readings for Friday, May 17, 2024
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Daily Readings for Thursday, May 16, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 30 The next day, since he wanted to know for sure what charge the Jews were bringing, he freed Paul and gave orders for a meeting of the chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin; then he brought Paul down and set him in front of them.6 Now...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 20:28-38 28 'Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the guardians, to feed the Church of God which he bought with the blood of his own Son.29 'I know quite well that when I have gone fierce wolves...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 15 One day Peter stood up to speak to the brothers -- there were about a hundred and twenty people in the congregation,16 'Brothers,' he said, 'the passage of scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through...
Daily Readings for Monday, May 13, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 19:1-8 1 It happened that while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul made his way overland as far as Ephesus, where he found a number of disciples.2 When he asked, 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?' they answered, 'No, we were never...
Daily Readings for Sunday, May 12, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 15 One day Peter stood up to speak to the brothers -- there were about a hundred and twenty people in the congregation,16 'Brothers,' he said, 'the passage of scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through...
Daily Readings for Saturday, May 11, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 18:23-28 23 where he spent a short time before continuing his journey through the Galatian country and then through Phrygia, encouraging all the followers.24 An Alexandrian Jew named Apollos now arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, with a sound...
Daily Readings for Friday, May 10, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 18:9-18 9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision, 'Be fearless; speak out and do not keep silence:10 I am with you. I have so many people that belong to me in this city that no one will attempt to hurt you.'11 So Paul stayed there preaching the...