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Saint of the Day
St. Getulius: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Martyr with Amantius, Caerealis, and Primitivus. He was the husband of St. Symphorosa. An officer in the Roman army, he resigned when he became a Christian and returned to his estates near Tivoli, Italy. There he converted Caerealis, an imperial legate sent to arrest...
St. Ephrem: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, June 09, 2020
"I was born in the way of truth: though my childhood was unaware of the greatness of the benefit, I knew it when trial came." Ephrem (or Eprhaim) the Syrian left us hundreds of hymns and poems on the faith that inflamed and inspired the whole Church, but few facts...
St. William of York: Saint of the Day for Monday, June 08, 2020
St. William of York, Bishop (Feast day is June 8th). William of York was the son of Count Herbert, treasurer to Henry I. His mother Emma, was the half-sister of King William. Young William became treasurer of the church of York at an early age and was elected...
St. Willibald: Saint of the Day for Sunday, June 07, 2020
Bishop and missionary. A native of Wessex, England, he was the brother of Sts. Winebald and Walburga and was related through his mother to the great St. Boniface. After studying in a monastery in Waitham, in Hampshire, he went on a pilgrimage to Rome (c. 722) with his...
St. Norbert: Saint of the Day for Saturday, June 06, 2020
St. Norbert was born at Xanten in the Rhineland, about the year 1080. The early part of his life was devoted to the world and its pleasures. He entered upon the ecclesiastical state in a worldly spirit. The thunderstorm had boiled up suddenly as Norbert was out...
St. Boniface of Mainz: Saint of the Day for Friday, June 05, 2020
Winfrith had expected to return to England from Friesland (in what is now Holland) in triumph. He had left the land where he was a respected scholar, teacher, and priest because he was convinced he was called to missionary work. He had argued and pestered his abbot...
St. Francis Caracciolo: Saint of the Day for Thursday, June 04, 2020
Founder of the Minor Clerks Regular with St. John Augustine Adorno. He was born in 1563, a member of a noble Neapolitan family. Though he had a rare skin disease, much like leprosy, Francis became a priest, at which time his skin disease disappeared. In 1588, he...
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, June 03, 2020
For those of us who think that the faith and zeal of the early Christians died out as the Church grew more safe and powerful through the centuries, the martyrs of Uganda are a reminder that persecution of Christians continues in modern times, even to the present day....
Sts. Marcellinus and Peter: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Though we know very little about these two martyrs under Diocletian, there is no question that the early church venerated them. Evidence of the respect in which they were held are the basilica Constantine built over their tombs and the presence of their names in the...
St. Justin Martyr: Saint of the Day for Monday, June 01, 2020
Christian apologist, born at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, converted to Christianity about A.D. 130, taught and defended the Christian religion in Asia Minor and at Rome, where he suffered martyrdom about the year 165. Two "Apologies" bearing his name and his...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Monday, June 01, 2020
Daily Reading for Monday June 1, 2020 Reading 1, Genesis 3: 9-15, 20Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 87: 1-2, 3, 5, 6-7Gospel, John 19: 25-34 Reading 1, Genesis 3: 9-15, 20 9 But Yahweh God called to the man. 'Where are you?' he asked. 10 'I heard the sound of you in the...
Daily Readings for Sunday, May 31, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday May 31, 2020 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 Reading 1, Acts 2:1-11 1 When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, 2 when...
Daily Readings for Saturday, May 30, 2020
Daily Reading for Saturday May 30, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 28:16-20, 30-31Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 11:4, 5, 7Gospel, John 21:20-25 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...
Daily Readings for Friday, May 29, 2020
Daily Reading for Friday May 29, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 25:13-21Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20Gospel, John 21:15-19 Reading 1, Acts 25:13-21 13 Some days later King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. 14 Their...
Daily Readings for Thursday, May 28, 2020
Daily Reading for Thursday May 28, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 22:30; 23:6-11Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11Gospel, John 17:20-26 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...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Daily Reading for Wednesday May 27, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 20:28-38Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 68:29-30, 33-35, 35-36Gospel, John 17:11-19 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...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Daily Reading for Tuesday May 26, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 20:17-27Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 68:10-11, 20-21Gospel, John 17:1-11 Reading 1, Acts 20:17-27 17 From Miletus he sent for the elders of the church of Ephesus. 18 When they arrived he addressed these words to...
Daily Readings for Monday, May 25, 2020
Daily Reading for Monday May 25, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 19:1-8Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 68:2-3, 4-5, 6-7Gospel, John 16:29-33 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...
Daily Readings for Sunday, May 24, 2020
Daily Reading for Sunday May 24, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 1:12-14Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 27:1, 4, 7-8Gospel, John 17:1-11Reading 2, First Peter 4:13-16 Reading 1, Acts 1:12-14 12 So from the Mount of Olives, as it is called, they went back to Jerusalem, a short...
Daily Readings for Saturday, May 23, 2020
Daily Reading for Saturday May 23, 2020 Reading 1, Acts 18:23-28Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 47:2-3, 8-9, 10Gospel, John 16:23-28 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,...