63views 1share[1] And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God. [2] And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And…
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Saint Sabina of Rome, August 29
190views 5sharesMartyr. Roman matron of high birth status, died beheaded for the Christian faith in 126. V: Saint Sabina.A: Pray for us. Info of the Saint: Feast August 29 Born 2nd centuryRome…
Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, August 29
110views 3sharesCatholic Feast. “That is not lawful for you!” The Baptist said to Herod with unbreakable strength, who was publicly living in adultery with his sister-in-law Herodias. The evil female swore mortal…
The first temptation, Genesis, Chapter 3
73views 1share [1] Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God…
Saint Hermes, August 28
133views 4sharesMartyr. A person of high position, it was because of his faith that he was beheaded in Rome at the beginning of the second century, in the year 116. V: Saint…
Saint Augustine of Hippo, August 28
134views 3sharesBishop, Confessor and Doctor. He was born in Thagaste, Africa. His powerful intelligence lost in the study of philosophy and sects, and his fiery heart dominated by the passions of youth,…
Saint Joseph Calasanz, August 27
99views 3sharesConfessor. (1556-1648). Among the great educators of the people, our Saint Joseph Calasanz stands out. He was born in Peralta de la Sal, in Huesca. After an exemplary life in priestly…
Commemoration of Pope Saint Zephyrinus, August 26
71views 4sharesPope and Martyr. Against the Sabellian heretics he defended the dogma of the Holy Trinity. He ruled the Church in peace for eighteen years and suffered martyrdom in the persecution of…
Saint Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament, August 25
101views 3sharesVirgin. (1809-1885). She was born in Madrid, of noble descent. From a young age, she devoted herself to reforming fallen girls and preserving those in danger. Her love for the Eucharist…
Saint Louis IX King of France, August 25
97views 1shareKing and Confessor. First cousin of Saint Ferdinand, he was very Christianly educated by his mother, the great Queen of France, Blanche of Castile. From the throne he shone with heroic…
Saint Bartholomew, August 24
71views 2sharesApostle and Martyr. Saint Bartholomew (son of Ptolemy) is supposed to be Nathanael himself, whose first interview with Jesus is described by Saint John in his Gospel. (John 1:45) He evangelized…
Saint Philip Benizi, August 23
151views 2sharesConfessor. A native of Florence, he entered the Order of the Servites, of which he became Superior General. Throughout almost all of Europe and much of Asia he missioned and extended…
Saints Timothy, Hipólito and Sinforiano, August 22
52views 1shareMartyrs. On this day, but with a distance of many years and in various places, martyrdom was suffered by: Saint Timothy, cleric of Antioch, beheaded in Rome in 311, Saint Hippolytus,…
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, August 22
106views 2sharesFeast. It is only just that, with the triumphant spread of the salubrious devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus throughout the world, we also pay fervent worship to the…
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal August 21
81views 1shareWidow. Disciple of Saint Francis de Sales, and with him co-founded of the Order of the Visitation, she sanctified herself as a single woman by her horror of the Huguenot heresy;…
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux August 20
140views 2sharesAbbot and Doctor. (1091-1153). He is, non other than the founder, the admirable propagator and the most illustrious ornament of the Cistercian Order, the guide of the twelfth century, the promoter…
Saint John Eudes, August 19
167views 2sharesConfessor. Educated by the Jesuits, and a congregant of the Blessed Virgin, he founded in 1643 the Institute of Jesus and Mary, also called Eudists, dedicated to missions and seminaries. In…
Commemoration of Saint Agapitus of Palestrina, August 18
96views 2sharesMartyr. A fifteen-year-old boy who was beheaded for being a Christian in Palestrina, Italy, in the year 275. V: Saint Agapitus.A: Pray for us. Info of the Saint: Feast August 18…
Saint Hyacinth of Poland August 17
120views 2sharesConfessor. Of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), he missioned for forty years to Austria, Poland and Scandinavia; he ruled and propagated his Order, and wrought innumerable wonders. V: Saint Hyacinth.A: Pray…
Saint Joachim, Father of Our Lady, August 16
50views 2sharesConfessor. Among all the Saints, Saint Joachim was preferred to be the father of the Mother of God. Great, then, is his dignity, and great is the power of his intercessory…