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Saint of the Day
St. Alphonsus Marie Liguori: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, August 01, 2023
Bishop, Doctor of the Church, and the founder of the Redemptorist Congregation. He was born Alphonsus Marie Antony John Cosmos Damien Michael Gaspard de Liguori on September 27,1696, at Marianella, near Naples, Italy. Raised in a pious home, Alphonsus went on retreats...
St. Ignatius Loyola: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 31, 2023
Born Inigo Lopez de Loyola in 1491, the man known as Ignatius of Loyola entered the world in Loiola, Spain. At the time, the name of the village was spelled "Loyola," hence the discrepancy. Inigo came of age in Azpeitia, in northern Spain. Loyola is a small village at...
St. Peter Chrysologus: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 30, 2023
St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Feast-July 30) Born at Imola, Italy in 380, St. Peter was baptized, educated, and ordained a deacon by Cornelius, Bishop of Imola. St. Peter merited being called "Chrysologus" (golden-worded) from his exceptional...
St. Martha: Saint of the Day for Saturday, July 29, 2023
"Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus." This unique statement in John's gospel tells us of the special relationship Jesus had with Martha, her sister, and her brother. Apparently Jesus was a frequent guest at Martha's home in Bethany, a small village two miles from...
St. Innocent I: Saint of the Day for Friday, July 28, 2023
Innocent was born at Albano, Italy. He became Pope, succeeding Pope St. Anastasius I, on December 22, 401. During Innocent's pontificate, he emphasized papal supremacy, commending the bishops of Africa for referring the decrees of their councils at Carthage and...
St. Pantaleon: Saint of the Day for Thursday, July 27, 2023
St Pantaleon came from Nicomedia, near the Black Sea, in Asia. He was such a famous doctor that the Emperor himself chose him for his own doctor. Pantaleon was a Christian, but the bad influence from the pagan court caused him to give up his Christian faith entirely....
Sts. Joachim and Anne: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Saints Joachim (sometimes spelled "Joaquin," pronounced "wal-keem") and Anne, are the parents of the Virgin Mary. There are no mentions of them in the Bible or Gospels, what we know comes from Catholic legend and the Gospel of James, which is an unsanctioned,...
St. James the Greater: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Nothing is known of St. James the Greater's early life, though it has been established that he is the son of Zebedee and Salome and brother of John the disciple. The title "the Greater" was added to St. James' name to help distinguish him from the Apostle James "the...
St. John Boste: Saint of the Day for Monday, July 24, 2023
One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born at Dufton, at Westmoreland, England, and studied at Oxford. Becoming a Catholic in 1576, he went to Reims and received ordination in 1581. John went back to England where he worked in the northern parts of the...
St. Bridget of Sweden: Saint of the Day for Sunday, July 23, 2023
Saint Birgitta was the daughter of UpplandÂ?s Lagman, Birger Petersson and his wife, Ingeborg, who was a member of the same clan as the reigning family. BirgittaÂ?s family was pious; her father went to confession every Friday and made long and arduous pilgrimages as...
Daily Reading
Daily Readings for Friday, August 25, 2023
Reading 1, Ruth 1:1, 3-6, 14-16, 22 1 In the days when the Judges were governing, a famine occurred in the country and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went-he, his wife and his two sons -- to live in the Plains of Moab.3 Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she...
Daily Readings for Thursday, August 24, 2023
Reading 1, Revelation 21:9-14 9 One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came to speak to me and said, 'Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.'10 In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Reading 1, Judges 9:6-15 6 All the leading men of Shechem and all Beth-Millo then met and proclaimed Abimelech king at the oak of the cultic stone at Shechem.7 News of this was brought to Jotham. He went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted at the top of...
Daily Readings for Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Reading 1, Judges 6:11-24 11 The Angel of Yahweh came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah which belonged to Joash of Abiezer. Gideon his son was threshing wheat inside the wine-press, to keep it hidden from Midian,12 and the Angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said,...
Daily Readings for Monday, August 21, 2023
Reading 1, Judges 2:11-19 11 The Israelites then did what is evil in Yahweh's eyes and served the Baals.12 They deserted Yahweh, God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt, and they followed other gods, from those of the surrounding peoples. They bowed...
Daily Readings for Sunday, August 20, 2023
Daily Reading for Sunday August 20, 2023 Reading 1, Isaiah 56:1, 6-7Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8Gospel, Matthew 15:21-28Reading 2, Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 Printable PDF of Today's Reading Past / Future Daily Readings We ask you, humbly: don't scroll away....
Daily Readings for Saturday, August 19, 2023
Reading 1, Joshua 24:14-29 14 'So now, fear Yahweh and serve him truly and sincerely; banish the gods whom your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh.15 But if serving Yahweh seems a bad thing to you, today you must make up your minds whom...
Daily Readings for Friday, August 18, 2023
Reading 1, Joshua 24:1-13 1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; he then summoned all the elders of Israel, its leaders, judges and officials, and they presented themselves in God's presence.2 Joshua then said to all the people: 'Yahweh, the...
Daily Readings for Thursday, August 17, 2023
Reading 1, Joshua 3:7-10, 11, 13-17 7 Yahweh said to Joshua, 'This very day, I shall begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel so that they will know that, as I was with Moses, so I shall be with you.8 Now, give this order to the priests carrying the ark of...
Daily Readings for Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Reading 1, Deuteronomy 34:1-12 1 Then, leaving the Plains of Moab, Moses went up Mount Nebo, the peak of Pisgah opposite Jericho, and Yahweh showed him the whole country: Gilead as far as Dan,2 the whole of Naphtali, the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, the whole...