Born in Castledermot, Ireland around the year 1128, Saint Lawrence O’Toole was the youngest of four sons. When he was ten years old, his father sent him to Dermod MacMurehad, King of Leinster, to serve as a hostage in his place. He was not treated well while imprisoned until his father, …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. God has made an everlasting covenant with his people, and …
First Reading – Revelation 1:1-4; 2:1-5 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show his servants what must happen soon. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who gives witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus …
Saint Martin of Tours was Bishop of Tours, France. He is one of the popular Catholic saints across Europe because of his birthplace in what is now part of Hungary, his childhood years spent in Pavia, Italy, and much of his adult years lived in France. His father forced him …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Jesus Christ is worthy of all praise, for he was …
First Reading – 2 John 4-9 [Chosen Lady:] I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth just as we were commanded by the Father. But now, Lady, I ask you, not as though I were writing a new commandment but the one we have had …
Saint Leo the Great, or Pope Leo I as he was known, served as the Pope from the year 440 up to his death in 461. He was from an aristocratic family in Tuscany, Italy. In 1754, Pope Benedict XIV declared him Doctor of the Church. He was also the …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Jesus Christ is worthy of all praise, for he was …
First Reading – Philemon 7-20 Beloved: I have experienced much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the holy ones have been refreshed by you, brother. Therefore, although I have the full right in Christ to order you to do what is proper, I rather urge you …
The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, or simply St. John Lateran Basilica, is the Cathedral of Rome, which means that it is considered the mother of all the churches, with the title “Ecumenical Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Faithful.” Thus, the entire Catholic Church celebrates the feast day …
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