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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
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October 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Pelagia the Penitent
She walked into the church covered in jewels and walked out a new creation. Once a famous courtesan and dancer in Antioch, Saint Pelagia heard Saint Nonnus preach on judgment and mercy, begged for Baptism, gave her riches to the… Continue reading
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October 8, 2025 – Learning the Father’s Heart in Today’s Mass Readings
Mercy that stretches us. Prayer that reshapes us. Praise that gathers the world. 🌍🕊️ In Jonah 4, God asks Jonah “Are you right to be angry?” and reveals a Father who cares more for souls than for our shade plants.… Continue reading
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October 7th – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Mark
Pope Saint Mark had one of the shortest pontificates in history and still helped shape the papacy. 🔥 He confirmed the ancient custom that the Bishop of Ostia consecrates each new pope, strengthened Roman worship, and is linked to the… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 