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Saint of the Day
St. Charles Borromeo: Saint of the Day for Monday, November 04, 2024
Saint Charles Borromeo was born on October 2, 1538 at the castle of Arona on Lake Maggiore near Milan. His father was the Count of Arona and his mother a member of the House of Medici. He was the third of six children born to the couple. At the age of 12, the young...
St. Martin de Porres: Saint of the Day for Sunday, November 03, 2024
St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru on December 9, 1579. Martin was the illegitimate son to a Spanish gentlemen and a freed slave from Panama, of African or possibly Native American descent. At a young age, Martin's father abandoned him, his mother and his...
St. Victorinus of Pettau: Saint of the Day for Saturday, November 02, 2024
Bishop and martyr. Originally a Greek, he became bishop of Pettau, in Pannonia (later Styria, Austria). He was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305). Victorinus was also the author of several biblical cornrnentaries, although he may have...
St. Valentine Berrio-Ochoa: Saint of the Day for Friday, November 01, 2024
Bishop and martyr of Vietnam. A native of Ellorio, Spain, he entered the Dominican Order and was sent to the Philippines. From there he went to Vietnam in 1858, serving as a vicar apostolic and titular bishop until betrayed by an apostate. He was martyred by beheading...
St. Wolfgang: Saint of the Day for Thursday, October 31, 2024
Wolfgang (d. 994) + Bishop and reformer. Born in Swabia, Germany, he studied at Reichenau under the Benedictines and at Wurzburg before serving as a teacher in the cathedral school of Trier. He soon entered the Benedictines at Einsiedeln (964) and was appointed head...
St. Alphonsus Rodriguez: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Confessor and Jay brother, also called Alonso. He was born in Segovia, Spain, on July 25, 1532, the son of a wealthy merchant, and was prepared for First Communion by Blessed Peter Favre, a friend of Alphonsus' father. While studying with the Jesuits at Alcala,...
St. Narcissus: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, October 29, 2024
St. Narcissus was born towards the end of the first century in AD 99. He was almost 80-years-old when he was placed at the head of the church of Jerusalem, making him the 30th bishop of that see. In 195, he and Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, presided...
St. Jude Thaddaeus: Saint of the Day for Monday, October 28, 2024
St. Jude, known as Thaddaeus, was a brother of St. James the Less, and a relative of Our Saviour. He was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus and his attribute is a club. Images of St. Jude often include a flame around his head, which represent his presence at Pentecost,...
St. Frumentius: Saint of the Day for Sunday, October 27, 2024
Called "Abuna" or "the faÂther' of Ethiopia, sent to that land by St. Athanasius. Frumentius was born in Tyre, Lebanon. While on a voyage in the Red Sea with St. Aedesius, possibly his brother, only Frumentius and Aedesius survived the shipwreck. Taken to the...
St. Bean: Saint of the Day for Saturday, October 26, 2024
On December 16, there is named in the Roman Martyrology and in certain Irish calendars a Saint Bean in Ireland, who had been confused with the St. Bean whose feast is still observed in the Scottish diocese of Aberdeen, but on October 26, as founder of the bishopric of...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Friday, November 22, 2024
Reading 1, Revelation 10:8-11 8 Then I heard the voice I had heard from heaven speaking to me again. 'Go', it said, 'and take that open scroll from the hand of the angel standing on sea and land.'9 I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll, and he...
Daily Readings for Thursday, November 21, 2024
Reading 1: Revelation 5:1-10, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 149:9, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 149:1-6, Gospel: Luke 9:41-44 Excellent content provided by https://www.catholic.org/.
Daily Readings for Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Reading 1, Revelation 4:1-11 1 Then, in my vision, I saw a door open in heaven and heard the same voice speaking to me, the voice like a trumpet, saying, 'Come up here: I will show you what is to take place in the future.'2 With that, I fell into ecstasy and I saw a...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Reading 1, Revelation 3:1-6, 14-22 1 'Write to the angel of the church in Sardis and say, "Here is the message of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know about your behaviour: how you are reputed to be alive and yet are dead.2 Wake up;...
Daily Readings for Monday, November 18, 2024
Reading 1, Revelation 1:1-4; 2:1-5 1 A revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him so that he could tell his servants what is now to take place very soon; he sent his angel to make it known to his servant John,2 and John has borne witness to the Word of God and to...
Daily Readings for Sunday, November 17, 2024
Reading 1, Daniel 12:1-3 1 'At that time Michael will arise -- the great Prince, defender of your people. That will be a time of great distress, unparalleled since nations first came into existence. When that time comes, your own people will be spared -- all those...
Daily Readings for Saturday, November 16, 2024
Reading 1, Third John 1:5-8 5 My dear friend, you have done loyal work in helping these brothers, even though they were strangers to you.6 They are a proof to the whole Church of your love and it would be a kindness if you could help them on their journey as God would...
Daily Readings for Friday, November 15, 2024
Reading 1, Second John 1:4-9 4 It has given me great joy to find that children of yours have been living the life of truth as we were commanded by the Father.5 And now I am asking you -- dear lady, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but only the one...
Daily Readings for Thursday, November 14, 2024
Reading 1, Philemon 1:7-20 7 I have received much joy and encouragement by your love; you have set the hearts of God's holy people at rest.8 Therefore, although in Christ I have no hesitations about telling you what your duty is,9 I am rather appealing to your love,...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Reading 1, Titus 3:1-7 1 Remind them to be obedient to the officials in authority; to be ready to do good at every opportunity;2 not to go slandering other people but to be peaceable and gentle, and always polite to people of all kinds.3 There was a time when we too...