Reading 1: Hebrews 10:11-18, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 110:1-4, Gospel: Mark 4:1-20
Category: Sprirtuality
St. Angela Merici: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, January 27, 2021
St. Angela Merici was an Italian religious educator and founder of the Ursulines whose deep prayer life and relationship with the Lord bore the fruit of mystical encounters with God. She was born on March 21, 1474 in Desenzano, a small town on the shore of Lake Garda in Lombardy.
At just 10-years-old, Angela and her older sister became orphans and went to live with their uncle in Salo. There they led a quiet and devout Catholic Christian life. After the untimely death of her sister, Angela was …
Daily Readings for Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Reading 1: Hebrews 10:1-10, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40:7-8, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40:2, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40:10-11, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40:4, Gospel: Mark 3:31-35
St. Timothy: Saint of the Day for Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Born at Lystra, Lycaenia, Timothy was the son of a Greek father and Eunice, a converted Jewess. He joined St. Paul when Paul preached at Lystra replacing Barnabas, and became Paul’s close friend and confidant. Paul allowed him to be circumcised to placate the Jews, since he was the son of a Jewess, and he then accompanied Paul on his second missionary journey. When Paul was forced to flee Berea because of the enmity of the Jews there, Timothy remained, but after a time was sent to Thessalonica …
Daily Readings for Monday, January 25, 2021
Reading 1: Acts of Apostles 22:3-16, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 117:1-2, Gospel: Mark 16:15-18
St. Peter Thomas: Saint of the Day for Monday, January 25, 2021
Carmelite Latinpatriarch and papal legate. Peter was born in Gascony, France and joined the Carmelites while still a young man. In 1342 he was appointed procurator of the order and, from Avignon, he oversaw the organization and government of the Carmelites. As Avignon was then the seat of the popes, he entered into their service, attracting papal attention because of his skills as a preacher and his eloÂquence. Named to the papal diplomatic service, he held the post of papal legate to Genoa, …
St. Francis de Sales: Saint of the Day for Sunday, January 24, 2021
St. Francis de Sales was born to a noble family at Chateau de Sales in the Kingdom of Savoy near Geneva, Switzerland on August 21, 1567. He was a Bishop and Doctor of the Church.
Francis was both intelligent and gentle. From a very early age, he desired to serve God. He knew for years he had a vocation to the priesthood, but kept it from his family. His father wanted him to enter a career in law and politics.
In 1580, Francis attended the University of Paris, and at 24-years-old, he received …
Daily Readings for Sunday, January 24, 2021
Reading 1: Jonah 3:1-5, Reading 1: Jonah 3:10, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 25:4-9, Gospel: Mark 1:14-20, Reading 2: 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Daily Readings for Saturday, January 23, 2021
Reading 1: Hebrews 9:2-3, Reading 1: Hebrews 9:11-14, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 47:2-3, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 47:6-9, Gospel: Mark 3:20-21
St. Ildephonsus: Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 23, 2021
St. Ildephonsus is highly regarded in Spain and closely associated with devotion to the Blessed Virgin which he fostered by his famous work concerning her perpetual virginity. Born around 607, Ildephonsus came from a noble family and was probably a pupil of St. Isidore of Seville. While still quite young, he entered the Benedictine monastery of Agalia near Toledo and went on to become its Abbot. In that capacity he attended the Councils of Toledo in 653 and 655. In 657 the clergy and people …