Luis Gonzalez
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November 3rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Martin de Porres
He swept floors, healed fevers, and shattered prejudice with a broom, a rosary, and a smile. 🧹✝️ Meet Saint Martin de Porres, the Dominican lay brother from Lima whose ordinary chores became a revolution of mercy. He fed the hungry,… Continue reading
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November 3, 2025 – God’s Mercy & Love in Today’s Mass Readings
Mercy is not a transaction. It is a banquet set by God. 🍞🕊️ Romans 11:29-36 drops the headline: “The gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.” No one earns mercy. Everyone needs it. Gratitude becomes the engine for real… Continue reading
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November 2nd – Saint of the Day: The Martyrs of Persia (Saints Acyndinus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus, Anempodistus and Companions)
🔥 Fire could not silence their faith. In fourth century Persia, Acyndinus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus, Anempodistus, and companions stood before King Shapur II and chose Jesus Christ over safety. Tradition tells of boiling lead that did not burn them, a… Continue reading
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November 2nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Victorinus of Pettau, Bishop & Martyr
Meet Saint Victorinus of Pettau: frontier bishop, biblical powerhouse, and one of the earliest Latin commentators on the Book of Revelation. He taught that Scripture is meant to be lived, not just studied, and he sealed that teaching with his… Continue reading
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November 2nd – The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed: All Souls Day
🕯️ Tonight the Church lights up the night for the ones we still love beyond the grave. All Souls’ Day is not about gloom, it is about hope that prays. Did you know this feast began in a medieval monastery… Continue reading
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November 2, 2025 – Held, Purified, and Promised in Today’s Mass Readings
Death does not get the final word. Tonight the Church remembers every beloved soul with fierce hope and real mercy. 🕯️🕊️ Wisdom 3:1–9: “The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God.” Not lost. Not forgotten. Held and… Continue reading
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November 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Jerome (Jerónimo) Hermosilla, Bishop & Martyr
He was paraded in a bamboo cage and told to save himself by stepping on the Cross. He refused. 🔥 Saint Jerome Hermosilla, a Spanish Dominican bishop who shepherded an underground Church in Vietnam, was beheaded on November 1, 1861—yet… Continue reading
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November 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Valentine Berrio-Ochoa, Bishop & Martyr
A bishop who pastored from caves and kept the sacraments flowing under a death sentence. 🔥 Meet Saint Valentine Berrio-Ochoa, a Basque Dominican who brought fearless joy to Vietnam’s persecuted Church. Consecrated a bishop at 31, he slipped through the… Continue reading
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November 1st – The Solemnity of All Saints: All Saints Day
Saints aren’t distant icons—they’re family cheering you home. ✨ Today’s feast pulls back the veil on heaven: the communion of saints is real, active, and rooting for you. 🕊️ Wild fact: the Roman Pantheon was converted into a church dedicated… Continue reading
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November 1, 2025 – Called for Holiness in Today’s Mass Readings
Heaven is not exclusive. It is a family home and the doors are wide open. ✨ In Revelation 7:2–4, 9–14, a countless multitude stands in white, sealed and singing, “Salvation comes from our God who is seated on the throne,… Continue reading
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