Author: Nicola Kanaan
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Daily Bible Reading
Source: Vaticannews.va READING OF THE DAY A reading from the Book of Revelation21:9b-14 The angel spoke to me, saying,“Come here.I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”He took me in spirit to a great, high mountainand showed me the holy city Jerusalemcoming down out of heaven from God.It gleamed with the splendor…
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Daily Bible Reading
Source: Vaticannews.va READING OF THE DAY A reading from the Book of Isaiah22:19-23 Thus says the LORD to Shebna, master of the palace:“I will thrust you from your officeand pull you down from your station.On that day I will summon my servantEliakim, son of Hilkiah;I will clothe him with your robe,and gird him with your sash,and…
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Daily Bible Reading
Source: Vaticannews.va A reading from the Book of Ezekiel43:1-7ab The angel led me to the gate which faces the east,and there I saw the glory of the God of Israelcoming from the east.I heard a sound like the roaring of many waters,and the earth shone with his glory.The vision was like that which I had…
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Saint of the Day: Saint Pius X
Pope and Defender of the Catholic Faith Today, August 21, the Catholic Church celebrates the memorial of Saint Pius X, who served as Pope from 1903 until his death in 1914. His feast is celebrated every year on August 21. Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835 in Riese, Italy, Saint Pius X came from a humble family. He…
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Daily Bible Reading
Source: Vaticannews.va A reading from the Book of Ezekiel37:1-14 The hand of the LORD came upon me,and led me out in the Spirit of the LORDand set me in the center of the plain,which was now filled with bones.He made me walk among the bones in every directionso that I saw how many they were…
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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Abbot and Doctor of the Church Today, August 20, the Catholic Church celebrates the memorial of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, one of the great spiritual teachers of the Church. He was a Cistercian monk, abbot, preacher, and Doctor of the Church. The Church also recognizes him as the patron saint of beekeepers. Saint Bernard was born…