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Saint of the Day
St. Alipius: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Bishop and companion of St. Augustine. He was born in Tagaste, North Africa, and was raised as a friend of St. Augustine. He went to Rome to study law and became a magistrate there. When Augustine arrived in Rome, Alipius resigned his post and accompanied him to...
St. Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of the Day for Monday, August 14, 2023
St. Maximilian Kolbe was born as Raymund Kolbe on January 8, 1894, in the Kingdom of Poland, part of the Russian Empire. He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and a martyr in the German death Camp of Auschwitz during World War II. St. Maximilian Kolbe was very...
St. Hippolytus: Saint of the Day for Sunday, August 13, 2023
Martyr of Rome, with Concordia and other companions, he is a controversial figure who censured Pope St. Callistus I. Hippolytus was slain in Sardinia where he had been exiled for being elected as an antipope, the first in the history of the Church. He was reconciled...
St. Michael My: Saint of the Day for Saturday, August 12, 2023
Martyr of Vietnam. He was the mayor of a town in Vietnam when the persecution of Christians started. Michael was martyred with Blessed Anthony Dich, his son-in-law, and with St. James Nam. He was canonized in 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Excellent content provided by...
St. Clare of Assisi: Saint of the Day for Friday, August 11, 2023
St. Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi on July 16, 1194, as Chiara Offreduccio, the beautiful eldest daughter of Favorino Sciffi, Count of Sasso-Rosso and his wife Ortolana. Tradition says her father was a wealthy representative of an ancient Roman family and her...
St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr: Saint of the Day for Thursday, August 10, 2023
The year was 258 A.D. It was a difficult beginning for what would become the First Christian Millennium. Hostility against the early followers of Jesus Christ was growing. The barbarism and severity of pagan Rome had begun to reach a fever pitch. It would soon lead to...
St. Edith Stein: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, August 09, 2023
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)Virgin and Martyr Edith Stein, born in 1891 in Breslau, Poland, was the youngest child of a large Jewish family. She was an outstanding student and was well versed in philosophy with a particular interest in...
St. Dominic: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Saint Dominic was born in Caleruega, Spain in 1170. His parents were members of the Spanish nobility and related to the ruling family. His father was Felix Guzman, and was the royal warden of the village. His mother, Bl. Joan of Aza, was a holy woman in her own right....
St. Cajetan: Saint of the Day for Monday, August 07, 2023
In 1523, the Church was in sad shape. People could not get the spiritual nourishment they needed from the large numbers of uneducated and even immoral priests who took their money but returned nothing. When good priests and laypeople turned to the hierarchy for help,...
St. Hormisdas Pope: Saint of the Day for Sunday, August 06, 2023
Pope from 514-523, successor to St. Symmachus, and father of Pope St. Silverius Born in Frosinone, Campagna di Roma, Italy, he was an Italian, although he had a Persian name. Married and widowed prior to ordination, he succeeded St. Symmachus on July 21, 514. One of...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Saturday, September 09, 2023
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Daily Readings for Friday, September 08, 2023
Reading 1, Romans 8:28-30 28 We are well aware that God works with those who love him, those who have been called in accordance with his purpose, and turns everything to their good.29 He decided beforehand who were the ones destined to be moulded to the pattern of his...
Daily Readings for Thursday, September 07, 2023
Reading 1, Colossians 1:9-14 9 That is why, ever since the day he told us, we have never failed to remember you in our prayers and ask that through perfect wisdom and spiritual understanding you should reach the fullest knowledge of his will10 and so be able to lead a...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, September 06, 2023
Reading 1, Colossians 1:1-8 1 From Paul, by the will of God an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy2 to God's holy people in Colossae, our faithful brothers in Christ. Grace and peace to you from God our Father.3 We give thanks for you to God, the...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Reading 1, First Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11 1 About times and dates, brothers, there is no need to write to you2 for you are well aware in any case that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night.3 It is when people are saying, 'How quiet and...
Daily Readings for Monday, September 04, 2023
Reading 1, First Thessalonians 4:13-18 13 We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, to make sure that you do not grieve for them, as others do who have no hope.14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that in the same way...
Daily Readings for Sunday, September 03, 2023
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Daily Readings for Saturday, September 02, 2023
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Daily Readings for Friday, September 01, 2023
Reading 1, First Thessalonians 4:1-8 1 Finally, brothers, we urge you and appeal to you in the Lord Jesus; we instructed you how to live in the way that pleases God, and you are so living; but make more progress still.2 You are well aware of the instructions we gave...
Daily Readings for Thursday, August 31, 2023
Reading 1, First Thessalonians 3:7-13 7 And so, brothers, your faith has been a great encouragement to us in the middle of our own distress and hardship;8 now we can breathe again, as you are holding firm in the Lord.9 How can we thank God enough for you, for all the...