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Saint of the Day
St. Maria Goretti: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 06, 2023
Born on October 16 1890 in Corinaldo, in the Ancona Province in Italy, her farmworker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. When he died of malaria, Maria's mother had to struggle to feed her children. Maria's mother, brothers, and sisters worked in...
St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, July 05, 2023
Cofounder of the Barnabites. Born in 1502 in Cremona, Italy, Anthony became a medical doctor. In 1528 he was ordained a priest and cofounded the Barnabites, the religious congregation so called because it was headquartered in St. Barnabas Monastery in Milan. The...
St. Elizabeth of Portugal: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 04, 2023
Elizabeth was a Spanish princess who was given in marriage to King Denis of Portugal at the age of twelve. She was very beautiful and very lovable. She was also very devout, and went to Mass every day. Elizabeth was a holy wife, but although her husband was fond of...
St. Thomas: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 03, 2023
St. Thomas was born a Jew and was called to be one of the twelve Apostles. His birth and death dates are unknown, but his feast day is celebrated July 3. He lived before the formal establishment of the Catholic Church but is recognized as the patron saint of...
St. Bernardino Realino: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 02, 2023
St. Bernardino Realino was born into a noble family of Capri, Italy in 1530. After receiving a thorough and devout Christian education at the hands of his mother, he went on to study medicine at the University of Bologna, but after three years he switched to law and...
St. Junipero Serra: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 01, 2023
Junípero Serra, originally named Miguel José, was born on November 24, 1713, in Petra, Majorca, Spain. His parents, Antonio Nadal Serra and Margarita Rosa Ferrer, were farmers. Baptized at St. Peter's Church in Petra on the same day, Junípero would go on to become a...
First Martyrs of the See of Rome: Saint of the Day for Friday, June 30, 2023
The holy men and women are also called the Â?Protomartyrs of Rome.Â? They were accused of burning Rome by Nero , who burned Rome to cover his own crimes. Some martyrs were burned as living torches at evening banquets, some crucified, others were fed to wild animals....
St. Peter: Saint of the Day for Thursday, June 29, 2023
Peter, who was also known as Simon Peter of Cephas, is considered the first Pope. Despite his papacy, Peter had humble beginnings and became one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was ordained by Jesus in the "Rock of My Church" written in Matthew 16:17-18, which...
St. Irenaeus: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, June 28, 2023
The writings of St. Irenaeus entitle him to a high place among the fathers of the Church, for they not only laid the foundations of Christian theology but, by exposing and refuting the errors of the gnostics, they delivered the Catholic Faith from the real danger of...
St. Cyril of Alexandria: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, June 27, 2023
St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (June 27) Cyril was born at Alexandria, Egypt. He was nephew of the patriarch of that city, Theophilus. Cyril received a classical and theological education at Alexandria and was ordained by his uncle. He...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Monday, July 31, 2023
Reading 1, Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 15 Moses turned and came down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, tablets inscribed on both sides, inscribed on the front and on the back.16 The tablets were the work of God, and the writing on them was...
Daily Readings for Sunday, July 30, 2023
Daily Reading for Sunday July 30, 2023 Reading 1, First Kings 3:5, 7-12Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 119:57, 72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130Gospel, Matthew 13:44-52Reading 2, Romans 8:28-30 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings Reading 1, First Kings...
Daily Readings for Saturday, July 29, 2023
Gospel, John 11:19-27 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in the house.21 Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother...
Daily Readings for Friday, July 28, 2023
Reading 1, Exodus 20:1-17 1 Then God spoke all these words. He said,2 'I am Yahweh your God who brought you out of Egypt, where you lived as slaves.3 'You shall have no other gods to rival me.4 'You shall not make yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything in...
Daily Readings for Thursday, July 27, 2023
Daily Reading for Thursday July 27, 2023 Reading 1, Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20Responsorial Psalm, Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56Gospel, Matthew 13:10-17 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings We ask you, humbly: don't scroll away. Hi readers, it...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Reading 1, Sirach 44:1, 10-15 1 Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.10 But here is a list of illustrious men whose good works have not been forgotten.11 In their descendants they find a rich inheritance, their posterity.12...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 4:7-15 7 But we hold this treasure in pots of earthenware, so that the immensity of the power is God's and not our own.8 We are subjected to every kind of hardship, but never distressed; we see no way out but we never despair;9 we are...
Daily Readings for Monday, July 24, 2023
Reading 1, Exodus 14:5-18 5 When Pharaoh king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, he and his officials changed their attitude towards the people. 'What have we done,' they said, 'allowing Israel to leave our service?'6 So Pharaoh had his chariot harnessed and...
Daily Readings for Sunday, July 23, 2023
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Daily Readings for Saturday, July 22, 2023
Reading 1, Second Corinthians 5:14-17 14 For the love of Christ overwhelms us when we consider that if one man died for all, then all have died;15 his purpose in dying for all humanity was that those who live should live not any more for themselves, but for him who...