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Saint of the Day
St. Benjamin: Saint of the Day for Sunday, March 31, 2024
St. Benjamin, Martyr (Feast Day - March 31) The Christians in Persia had enjoyed twelve years of peace during the reign of Isdegerd, son of Sapor III, when in 420 it was disturbed by the indiscreet zeal of Abdas, a Christian Bishop who burned the Temple of Fire, the...
St. Peter Regulatus: Saint of the Day for Saturday, March 30, 2024
Also Peter Regalado, Franciscan reformer. Peter was born at Valladolid, Spain, to a noble family, and entered the Franciscan Order in his native city at the age of thirteen. After several years, he transferred to a far more austere monastery at Tribulos, where he...
St. Berthold: Saint of the Day for Friday, March 29, 2024
Considered by some historians to be the founder of the Carmelite Order. He was born in Limoges, France, and proved a brilliant student at the University of Paris. Ordained a priest, Berthold joined his brother, Aymeric, the Latin patriarch of Antioch, in Turkey, on...
St. Venturino of Bergamo: Saint of the Day for Thursday, March 28, 2024
Dominican preacher and missionary crusader. A native of Bergamo, Italy, he joined the Dominicans in 1319 and soon distinguished himself as a brilliant preacher, attracting huge crowds throughout northern Italy. Pleased with his ability to reach large numbers of...
St. Rupert: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Bishop and missionary, also listed as Robert of Hrodbert. A member of a noble Frankish family, he was appointed bishop of Worms, Germany, and then dedicated himself to spreading the faith among the Germans. With the patronage of Duke Thedo of Bavaria, he took over the...
St. Margaret Clitherow: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
St. Margaret Clitherow was born in Middleton, England, in 1555, of protestant parents. Possessed of good looks and full of wit and merriment, she was a charming personality. In 1571, she married John Clitherow, a well-to-do grazier and butcher (to whom she bore two...
St. Dismas: Saint of the Day for Monday, March 25, 2024
All that is known of Dismas is that he is the Good Thief crucified with Christ on Calvary. The other thief is known as Gestas. A completely unsubstantiated myth from the Arabic Gospel of the Infancy that enjoyed great popularity in the West during the Middle Ages had...
St. Aldemar: Saint of the Day for Sunday, March 24, 2024
Abbot and miracle worker, called "the Wise." Born in Capua, Italy, he became a monk in Monte Cassino and was called to the attention of a Princess Aloara of the region. When she built a new convent in Capua, Alder became the director of the religious in the...
St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo: Saint of the Day for Saturday, March 23, 2024
Bishop and defender of the rights of the native Indians in Peru, Born in Mayorga, Spain, he studied law and became a lawyer and then professor at Salamanca, receiving appointment-despite being a layman-as chief judge of the court of Inquisition at Granada under King...
St. Lea: Saint of the Day for Friday, March 22, 2024
A letter which St. Jerome wrote to St. Marcella provides the only information we have about St. Lea, a devout fourth century widow. Upon the death of her husband, she retired to a Roman monastery and ultimately became its Superior. Since his correspondence was...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Sunday, April 28, 2024
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Daily Readings for Saturday, April 27, 2024
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Daily Readings for Friday, April 26, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 13:26-33 26 'My brothers, sons of Abraham's race, and all you godfearers, this message of salvation is meant for you.27 What the people of Jerusalem and their rulers did, though they did not realise it, was in fact to fulfil the prophecies read on...
Daily Readings for Thursday, April 25, 2024
Reading 1, First Peter 5:5-14 5 In the same way, younger people, be subject to the elders. Humility towards one another must be the garment you all wear constantly, because God opposes the proud but accords his favour to the humble.6 Bow down, then, before the power...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 12:24-13:5 24 The word of God continued to spread and to gain followers.25 Barnabas and Saul completed their task at Jerusalem and came back, bringing John Mark with them.1 In the church at Antioch the following were prophets and teachers: Barnabas,...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 11:19-26 19 Those who had scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they proclaimed the message only to Jews.20 Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to...
Daily Readings for Monday, April 22, 2024
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Daily Readings for Sunday, April 21, 2024
Daily Reading for Sunday April 21, 2024 Reading 1, Acts 4:8-12Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 21, 29Gospel, John 10:11-18Reading 2, First John 3:1-2 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, Acts 4:8-12 8 Then Peter,...
Daily Readings for Saturday, April 20, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 9:31-42 31 The churches throughout Judaea, Galilee and Samaria were now left in peace, building themselves up and living in the fear of the Lord; encouraged by the Holy Spirit, they continued to grow.32 It happened that Peter visited one place after...
Daily Readings for Friday, April 19, 2024
Reading 1, Acts 9:1-20 1 Meanwhile Saul was still breathing threats to slaughter the Lord's disciples. He went to the high priest2 and asked for letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, that would authorise him to arrest and take to Jerusalem any followers of...