Luis Gonzalez
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November 10, 2025 – Integrity & Mercy in Today’s Mass Readings
He sees the heart and still calls it higher. 🔥 Let today’s Word shape integrity, courage, and relentless mercy. First Reading – Wisdom 1:1-7: God’s Spirit fills everything and wisdom will not live in a plotting soul. Choose clean counsel… Continue reading
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November 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Theodore Tyro, Martyr
🔥 Saint Theodore Tyro wasn’t a celebrity general. He was a rookie recruit who told an empire “no” when ordered to burn incense to false gods. Torture followed. Fire followed. Faith stayed. 🛡️ The wild part? Years after his martyrdom,… Continue reading
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November 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Benignus of Armagh, Bishop
He sang the Gospel into Ireland. 🎶 Saint Benignus of Armagh, Patrick’s beloved “psalm singer,” helped shape a nation’s worship and anchored the young Irish Church in unity with Peter. ⛪️ He grew up in a chieftain’s home, met Saint… Continue reading
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November 9th – The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Wait, the Pope’s cathedral is not St. Peter’s. 😮 Today celebrates the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the “mother and head” of every church. Gifted by Constantine and dedicated by Pope Sylvester in 324, St. John Lateran has survived fires… Continue reading
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November 9, 2025 – Living Waters of Grace in Today’s Mass Readings
Today’s feast hits different. 🕍💧 Christ is the true Temple who purifies His Father’s house and turns deserts into gardens. The Lateran Basilica reminds everyone that the Church is God’s living house, built on Jesus and flowing with sacramental life.… Continue reading
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November 8th – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Deusdedit (Adeodatus I)
Pope Saint Deusdedit wasn’t famous for a palace or politics. He was famous for mercy. In a Rome shaken by earthquakes and a brutal epidemic, he rolled up his sleeves, cared for the sick himself, and Christian memory says he… Continue reading
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November 8th – Saint of the Day: The Four Crowned Martyrs
Nine heroes. One crown. 🛡️✨ Four Roman soldiers refused to bow to Aesculapius. Five master craftsmen refused to carve an idol for the emperor. Their no to false worship became a blazing yes to Jesus, and it cost them everything.… Continue reading
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November 8, 2025 – Stewardship for the Kingdom in Today’s Mass Readings
Tiny choices, eternal impact. ✨ Today’s readings call for single-hearted stewardship that turns homes, paychecks, and friendships into pathways to heaven. 📖👑 First Reading – Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27: Prisca and Aquila open a house church, Andronicus and Junia suffer… Continue reading
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November 7th – Saint of the Day: Saint Engelbert of Cologne, Bishop & Martyr
He crowned a king, shielded consecrated women, and paid with forty seven wounds for justice. 👑🛡️ Meet Saint Engelbert of Cologne, the archbishop who welcomed the Franciscans and Dominicans, reformed corrupt power plays, guarded the nuns of Essen, and died… Continue reading
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November 7th – Saint of the Day: Saint Willibrord
Meet Saint Willibrord, the Apostle to the Frisians ✝️ Missionary bishop who planted the Church in Utrecht and Echternach, faced down a hostile ruler, and kept building when everything looked lost. One early account even tells how a jug of… Continue reading
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