Luis Gonzalez
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October 11th – Saint of the Day: Saint María Soledad Torres Acosta
She walked into the night with a lamp and a Rosary. Madrid’s sick and poor called her an angel at the door. During cholera she stayed when others fled. When slander tried to silence her, God restored her as superior… Continue reading
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October 11th – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint John XXIII
🕊️ “Good Pope” alert. Angelo Roncalli stepped into the papacy at 76, smiled like your favorite grandpa, then cracked the windows of the Church wide open. He launched Vatican II, called for the medicine of mercy, and during the Cuban… Continue reading
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October 11, 2025 – Judgment and Joy in Today’s Mass Readings
On the edge of the Valley of Decision, judgment sounds loud, yet God opens a doorway to joy. ⚖️🌅 In Joel 4:12-21, the nations gather, the harvest is ripe, and the winepress is full. The Lord roars, yet becomes a… Continue reading
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October 10th – Saint of the Day: Saint Paulinus of York, Bishop
He left Rome for a pagan court and lit the North with the Gospel. ✝️ Saint Paulinus of York baptized King Edwin at Easter 627, started a church in York, and spent thirty six days at Ad Gefrin catechizing and… Continue reading
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October 10th – Saint of the Day: Saint Daniel Comboni
He dreamed big with zero ego. Saint Daniel Comboni believed the Gospel takes root when people lead from within their own culture. His rallying cry was “Save Africa through Africa.” He founded the Comboni Missionaries and Sisters, fought the slave… Continue reading
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October 10, 2025 – Urgent Repentance in Today’s Mass Readings
🚨 Trumpet call today. Joel 1:13–15; 2:1–2 sounds the alarm to return to God now. “Blow the horn in Zion… for the day of the Lord is coming.” The prophets are not fear mongers. They are mercy messengers who gather… Continue reading
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October 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint John Henry Newman
Heart speaks to heart. ❤️🔥 Saint John Henry Newman went from Oxford star to Catholic cardinal, and his words still ignite souls today. ✨ “God has created me to do Him some definite service.” That line was not theory for… Continue reading
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October 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Denis and Companions, Martyrs
Three friends turned a city into a mission field. 🗼✨ Saint Denis the bishop with Rusticus the priest and Eleutherius the deacon preached Christ in Roman Paris and paid with their lives on the hill later called Montmartre. Their tomb… Continue reading
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October 9, 2025 – Persevering in Faith in Today’s Mass Readings
When the night feels long, keep knocking. 🗝️✨ Today’s readings are a masterclass in faithful grit and fearless prayer. Malachi 3:13–20: God hears even the quiet loyal ones. Your faith is written in His “book of remembrance,” and the Sun… Continue reading
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October 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Reparata, Virgin & Martyr
She was a teenager staring down an empire. 🔥 Fire could not scorch her. Boiling pitch could not break her. A final sentence tried to silence her, yet her story crossed the sea in a flowered boat guided by a… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 