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Double Feast of Saint Venantius, Martyr
Saint Venantius was born in Camerino, Italy during the persecution of the cruel Roman Emperor Decius At the tender age of fifteen years Venantius became a Christian, preaching Christ to others. His history is one of the most miraculous in the annals of the early martyrs. Having learned that he was about to be arrested, ...Read more.
Double Feast of Saint Pascal Baylon, Confessor and Religious Founder
St. Paschal Baylon was a simple lay brother of the Franciscan Order, and, by preference, occupied himself with the roughest and most servile tasks. He was distinguished by an ardent love and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. He died in the odor of sanctity, May 15, 1592. Even after death his body moved and his ...Read more.
Qoute of the Day
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts.” – Isaiah 55:8-9
Double Feast of Saint Robert Bellarmine, Cardinal, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
O God, who didst adorn blessed Robert, Thy Bishop and Doctor, with marvelous learning and virtue to expose the deceptions of error and to defend the rights of the Apostolic see, grant that, by his merits and intercession, love for the truth may increase in us and the souls of the erring may return to ...Read more.
Semi-Double feast of the Holy Martyrs Saints Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancras
Let us pray. Let the blessed solemnity of Thy martyrs, Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras, ever comfort us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and render us worthy of Thy service. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, Forever and ...Read more.
Feast of Saint Antoninus, Bishop and Confessor
Let us pray. May we be assisted, O Lord, by the merits of St. Antoninus, Thy confessor and bishop, that, as we declare Thee wonderful in him, so we may glory in Thy mercy toward us. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the ...Read more.
Today’s Readings
Monday, Dec 6, 2010 St. Nicholas, Bishop and Confessor Reading 1: Hebrews 13:7-17 Remember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you; whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation, Jesus Christ, yesterday, and to day; and the same for ever. Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For ...Read more.
