Saint of the Day
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November 21st – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Gelasius I
Meet the pope who told an emperor the truth and shut down Rome’s last pagan street party. 🏛️🔥 Pope Saint Gelasius I (492–496) drew a bold line with “two powers” — the sacred authority of priests and the royal power… Continue reading
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November 20th – Saint of the Day: Saint Bernward of Hildesheim, Bishop
Bronze doors that preach. A spiral column that tells the Gospel. A bishop who turned a whole city into a living catechism. Meet Saint Bernward of Hildesheim, tutor to Emperor Otto III, master builder of St. Michael’s, and the mind… Continue reading
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November 20th – Saint of the Day: Saint Edmund the Martyr
👑 Saint Edmund the Martyr: the teenage king who prayed the Psalms, ruled with justice, and chose Christ over compromise. “If I must die for God and for my people, I am ready.” ✝️ Rulers demanded he bend the knee.… Continue reading
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November 20, 2025 – True Worship & Fidelity in Today’s Mass Readings
🔥 Today’s readings hit hard and open a path to real peace. 📖 First Reading – 1 Maccabees 2:15–29: Mattathias refuses to sell out the covenant for perks and praise. “We will not obey… by departing from our religion in… Continue reading
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November 19th – Saint of the Day: Saint Raphael Kalinowski
From Siberian exile to a Carmelite habit, Saint Raphael Kalinowski shows how God can turn shattered plans into a mission of mercy. ✨ Born an engineer and military officer, he led the 1863 January Uprising, endured years of hard labor… Continue reading
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November 19th – Saint of the Day: Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn, Mystic
She was called God’s nightingale. 🎶 A Benedictine mystic from Helfta, Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn taught Scripture and chant, mentored Saint Gertrude the Great, and fell in love with Jesus in the Eucharist. Her visions, preserved in The Book of… Continue reading
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November 18th – Saint of the Day: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne
She crossed an ocean at 48, opened the first free school west of the Mississippi, and then moved to the Potawatomi mission at 72. They called her the Woman Who Is Always Praying. 🔥🕯️ Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne shows what… Continue reading
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November 18th – Saint of the Day: Saint Odo of Cluny
Monk with a mission. Saint Odo of Cluny turned a tired century toward God with prayer, beauty, and mercy. He revived monasteries across France and Italy, called everyone back to the Rule of St. Benedict, and preached Eucharistic faith with… Continue reading
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November 17th – Saint of the Day: Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus, Bishop
🔥 Meet Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus, the Wonderworker whose faith literally cleared the way for worship. Tradition remembers a mountain moving so a church could be built, a lake drying up to end a feud, and a raging river held back… Continue reading
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November 17th – Saint of the Day: Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
👑🌹 A princess who put down the crown and picked up bread. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary turned palaces into field hospitals and privilege into mercy. She fed the hungry, nursed lepers, and opened storerooms during famine. The roses miracle still… Continue reading
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