Luis Gonzalez
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August 24th – Saint of the Day: Saint Bartholomew (Nathanael), Apostle & Martyr
🔥 From skeptic to saint… Saint Bartholomew’s journey will shake your idea of what true discipleship looks like. He wasn’t looking for Jesus—but when the Lord called, he dropped everything. 🌿 From Cana’s quiet streets to far-off mission fields, he… Continue reading
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August 24, 2025 – Salvation & Discipline in Today’s Mass Readings
🌍 God’s invitation is WIDE… but the door is NARROW. Today’s readings are 🔥 and packed with truth: ✨ Isaiah 66 – God is gathering people from EVERY nation, even making some His priests. No one is outside His call.… Continue reading
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August 23rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Philip Benizi
✨ From medicine to miracles… from nobleman to Servant of Mary. ✨ Saint Philip Benizi walked away from prestige and comfort to follow Christ in radical humility. 💙 Known for reconciling fierce political enemies, defending his order against extinction, and… Continue reading
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August 23rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Rose of Lima
🌹✨ She wore a crown of roses… hiding thorns beneath. Saint Rose of Lima didn’t just pray—she fought for purity, served the poor, and stood between her city and danger when pirates threatened Lima. Her life was a fierce love… Continue reading
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August 23, 2025 – Humble Service that Bears Fruit in Today’s Mass Readings
✨ Sometimes the most world-changing acts happen quietly—like Ruth gleaning grain in Boaz’s field, not knowing she was stepping into the very lineage of King David… and of the Messiah. 🌾👑 Today’s readings are a wake-up call: 💛 Ruth 2… Continue reading
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August 22nd – Saint of the Day: Saint John Kemble, Martyr
🚨 He faced the gallows with a pipe in hand, a prayer on his lips, and forgiveness in his heart. 🚨 Saint John Kemble spent 53 years secretly bringing the sacraments to Catholics in England—risking everything in an age when… Continue reading
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August 22nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Andrew the Scot
✨ From the green hills of Ireland to the sunlit valleys of Tuscany, Saint Andrew the Scot gave everything for Christ. 🏰 He rebuilt a ruined church. 🤲 He served the poor with boundless love. 🙌 Miracles flowed through his… Continue reading
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August 22nd – Crowned in Glory: The Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
👑✨ She said YES to God… and now reigns beside the King of Kings. Today we celebrate the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary—the crown that came after the Cross, the glory that followed her “fiat.” From the Annunciation to… Continue reading
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August 22, 2025 – Faithful Love That Binds Us in Today’s Mass Readings
🌟 Love that clings. Love that crowns. 🌟 Today’s Word hits hard and deep: 💔 Ruth 1 — A Moabite widow refuses to let go: “Wherever you go I will go… your God will be my God.” Loyalty like this… Continue reading
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August 21st – Saint of the Day: Saint Apollinaris Sidonius
✨ From Imperial Palaces to a Besieged City… ✨ Meet Saint Apollinaris Sidonius—Roman aristocrat, poetic genius, and fearless bishop who traded the glitter of Rome for the dust of Clermont’s city walls. 🏛➡️⛪ He fed thousands during famine, stood strong… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 