Luis Gonzalez
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August 27th – Saint of the Day: Saint Caesarius of Arles
🔥 A bishop who prayed raging fires into silence, sold the Church’s treasures to ransom captives, and helped the Church proclaim that grace comes first—meet Saint Caesarius of Arles. ⛓️🕊️ His preaching wasn’t theory—it was a rescue plan. He called… Continue reading
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August 27th – Saint of the Day: Saint Monica
She changed history without a platform—just tears, fasting, and relentless love. 😭🔥 Saint Monica prayed her way through a hard marriage, chased her brilliant-but-wandering son across continents, and heard a bishop tell her, “the son of these tears shall not… Continue reading
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August 27, 2025 – Authentic Holiness in Today’s Mass Readings
God doesn’t fall for our filters. 🔎✨ 🕊️ Psalm 139:7–12: You can’t outrun His presence—“even the night shines as the day.” He’s closer than your next breath and still chooses you. 🛠️ 1 Thessalonians 2:9–13: Paul’s grind matched his Gospel.… Continue reading
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August 26th – Saint of the Day: Saint Jeanne-Élisabeth Bichier des Âges
She rode through the night for clandestine Mass… then turned prayer into action—founding the Daughters of the Cross, opening village schools, and nursing the forgotten. Saint Jeanne-Élisabeth Bichier des Âges shows how adoration becomes a lifestyle: receive Jesus, then go… Continue reading
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August 26th – Saint of the Day: Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars
She built homes so no elder dies alone. She told her Sisters to make sure the food was warm. And her battle cry? “Care for bodies to save souls.” Meet Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars—foundress of the Little Sisters… Continue reading
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August 26, 2025 – Your True Self in Today’s Mass Readings
Stop polishing the outside of the cup. Let God light up the inside. ✨🕊️ In 1 Thessalonians 2:1–8, Paul refuses the applause game—he serves “not…to please human beings, but rather God.” He loves like a mother and shares “not only… Continue reading
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August 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint Joseph Calasanz
Free school. Zero tuition. Rome, 1597. Saint Joseph Calasanz bet everything on piety + letters 🕊️📚 He opened classrooms for the poor, welcomed the overlooked, and proved education is mercy in action. He even befriended Galileo and sent his brothers… Continue reading
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August 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint Louis IX, King of France
A king who washed feet, ate with the poor, heard court cases under an oak, and built a jewel-box chapel to honor the Crown of Thorns—meet Saint Louis IX 👑✨ “The first thing I advise is that you fix your… Continue reading
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August 25, 2025 – Conversion & Worship in Today’s Mass Readings
Hearts on fire, not optics. 🔥 Today’s readings call us from idols to authentic worship that opens the door to God’s Kingdom—no filters, no façades. 1 Thessalonians 1:1–5, 8–10: the Thessalonian church didn’t just talk faith—they lived it. They “turned… Continue reading
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August 24th – Saint of the Day: Saint Ouen (Audoenus)
✨ From royal chancellor to fearless bishop, Saint Ouen walked away from power to serve Christ and His Church with everything he had. He tore down pagan idols, built up monasteries, brought peace to warring kingdoms, and became a living… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 