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Saint of the Day
Bl. Agnello of Pisa: Saint of the Day for Friday, March 13, 2026
The founder of the English Franciscan province, Blessed Agnello, was admitted into the Order by St. Francis himself on the occasion of his sojourn in Pisa. He was sent to the Friary in Paris, of which he became the guardian, and in 1224, St. Francis appointed him to...
St. Fina: Saint of the Day for Thursday, March 12, 2026
St. Fina or Seraphina, Virgin A.D. 1253 The old town of San Geminiano in Tuscany treasures with special veneration the memory of Santa Fina, a young girl whose claim to be recognized as a saint lay in the perfect resignation with which she accepted bodily suffering....
St. Constantine: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Constantine was king of Cornwall. Unreliable tradition has him married to the daughter of the king of Brittany who on her death ceded his throne to his son and became a monk at St. Mochuda monastery at Rahan, Ireland. He performed menial tasks at the monastery, then...
St. John Ogilvie: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Born in 1579, John Ogilvie belonged to Scottish nobility. Raised a Calvinist, he was educated on the continent. Exposed to the religious controversies of his day and impressed with the faith of the martyrs, he decided to become a Catholic. In 1596, at age seventeen he...
St. Frances of Rome: Saint of the Day for Monday, March 09, 2026
Frances was born in the city of Rome in 1384 to a wealthy, noble family. From her mother she inherited a quiet manner and a pious devotion to God. From her father, however, she inherited a strong will. She decided at eleven that she knew what God wanted for her -- she...
St. John of God: Saint of the Day for Sunday, March 08, 2026
From the time he was eight to the day he died, John followed every impulse of his heart. The challenge for him was to rush to follow the promptings of the Holy Spirit gave him, not his own human temptations. But unlike many who act impulsively, when John made a...
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity: Saint of the Day for Saturday, March 07, 2026
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity were Christian martyrs who lived during the early persecution of the Church in Africa by the Emperor Severus. With details concerning the lives of many early martyrs unclear and often based on legend, we are fortunate to have the actual...
St. Colette: Saint of the Day for Friday, March 06, 2026
Colette was the daughter of a carpenter named DeBoilet at Corby Abbey in Picardy, France. She was born on January 13, christened Nicolette, and called Colette. Orphaned at seventeen, she distributed her inheritance to the poor. She became a Franciscan tertiary, and...
St. John Joseph of the Cross: Saint of the Day for Thursday, March 05, 2026
St. John Joseph of the Cross was born about the middle of the seventeenth century in the beautiful island of Ischia, near Naples. From his childhood he was the model of virtue, and in his sixteenth year he entered the Franciscan Order of the Strictest Observance, or...
St. Casimir: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Casimir grew up in a world where his life was not his own. As a prince of Poland, the second son of King Casimir IV and Elizabeth of Austria, his life was scheduled to cement his father's authority and increase Poland's power. Casimir realized from an early age that...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Sunday, March 15, 2026
Daily Reading for Sunday March 15, 2026 Reading 1, First Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6Gospel, John 9:1-41Reading 2, Ephesians 5:8-14 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, First Samuel 16:1, 6-7,...
Daily Readings for Saturday, March 14, 2026
Reading 1, Hosea 6:1-6 1 Come, let us return to Yahweh. He has rent us and he will heal us; he has struck us and he will bind up our wounds;2 after two days he will revive us, on the third day he will raise us up and we shall live in his presence.3 Let us know, let us...
Daily Readings for Friday, March 13, 2026
Reading 1, Hosea 14:2-10 2 Israel, come back to Yahweh your God your guilt was the cause of your downfall.3 Provide yourself with words and come back to Yahweh. Say to him, 'Take all guilt away and give us what is good, instead of bulls we will dedicate to you our...
Daily Readings for Thursday, March 12, 2026
Reading 1, Jeremiah 7:23-28 23 My one command to them was this: Listen to my voice, then I will be your God and you shall be my people. In everything, follow the way that I mark out for you, and you shall prosper.24 But they did not listen, they did not pay attention;...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Reading 1, Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 1 'And now, Israel, listen to the laws and customs which I am teaching you today, so that, by observing them, you may survive to enter and take possession of the country which Yahweh, God of your ancestors, is giving you.5 Look: as...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Reading 1, Daniel 3:25, 34-43 25 Azariah stood in the heart of the fire, praying aloud thus:34 Do not abandon us for ever, for the sake of your name; do not repudiate your covenant,35 do not withdraw your favour from us, for the sake of Abraham, your friend, of Isaac,...
Daily Readings for Monday, March 09, 2026
Reading 1, Second Kings 5:1-15 1 Naaman, army commander to the king of Aram, was a man who enjoyed his master's respect and favour, since through him Yahweh had granted victory to the Aramaeans.2 But the man suffered from a virulent skin-disease. Now, on one of their...
Daily Readings for Sunday, March 08, 2026
Reading 1, Exodus 17:3-7 3 But tormented by thirst, the people complained to Moses. 'Why did you bring us out of Egypt,' they said, 'only to make us, our children and our livestock, die of thirst?'4 Moses appealed to Yahweh for help. 'How am I to deal with this...
Daily Readings for Saturday, March 07, 2026
Reading 1, Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 14 With shepherd's crook lead your people to pasture, the flock that is your heritage, living confined in a forest with meadow land all round. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old!15 As in the days when you came out...
Daily Readings for Friday, March 06, 2026
Reading 1, Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-18 3 Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons, for he was the son of his old age, and he had a decorated tunic made for him.4 But his brothers, seeing how much more his father loved him than all his other sons, came to hate...