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September 4th – Saint of the Day: Saint Rosalia of Palermo
A hidden hermit stopped a plague. 🕯️⛰️ Meet Saint Rosalia of Palermo. She walked away from a noble life and chose a cave on Monte Pellegrino for prayer, penance, and fierce love for Jesus. Centuries later, her relics were carried… Continue reading
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September 4, 2025 – Redeemed & Sent in Today’s Mass Readings
Tired nets. Wild catch. A new mission. 🎣 Today’s readings are a masterclass in trust, gratitude, and calling. 🚤 Gospel, Luke 5:1-11 “Put out into deep water.” Peter obeys and the empty nets explode with life. Jesus answers fear with… Continue reading
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September 3rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Phoebe
She delivered fire to Rome. 📜⛵✨ Meet Saint Phoebe of Cenchreae, the trusted diakonos and generous benefactor Paul personally commended in Romans 16:1–2. Not famous for spectacle but for mercy and mission, she likely carried Paul’s Letter to the Romans… Continue reading
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September 3rd – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Gregory the Great, Doctor of the Church
He fed a starving Rome during plague, sent missionaries that re-ignited the faith in England, and signed every letter “servant of the servants of God.” Meet Pope Saint Gregory the Great. 🔥 📖 “Scripture is like a river… a lamb… Continue reading
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September 3, 2025 – Faith, Hope & Healing in Today’s Mass Readings
Healed to serve. Sent to proclaim. ✨ Paul lifts up a Church where faith, love, and hope are already bearing fruit (Col 1:1–8). That is the blueprint for real growth. The psalm roots us like an olive tree in God’s… Continue reading
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September 2nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Zeno of Nicomedia, Martyr
A Roman commander who laughed at an emperor’s idols. ⚔️ Saint Zeno of Nicomedia saw Diocletian sacrifice to Ceres and refused to play along. They shattered his jaw, tore out his teeth, and beheaded him in 303. They could not… Continue reading
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September 2nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Ingrid of Sweden
✨ From castle halls to a cloistered heart. Saint Ingrid of Sweden turned widowhood into a fearless yes to Jesus. 🗺️ She walked to Rome, Jerusalem, and Compostela, then founded Sweden’s first Dominican convent at Skänninge. ⛪ Her life was… Continue reading
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September 2, 2025 – Awake in the Light in Today’s Mass Readings
Awake in the Light. Jesus speaks and darkness obeys. ✨🕯️ In 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11, Paul names us “children of the light” and calls us to be “alert and sober”. You are not destined for wrath. You are destined for… Continue reading
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September 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Giles
Shot by an arrow meant for a deer. Chose obscurity over hype. Built a monastery that drew the world. Meet Saint Giles, Abbot 🦌⛪️ A Greek born hermit near Nîmes whose cave became a lighthouse of mercy, he protected a… Continue reading
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September 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Beatrice da Silva Meneses
She traded a royal court for a cloister and started a Marian revolution. 👑➡️⛪️ Beatrice da Silva walked away from palace intrigue, spent decades hidden in prayer, then founded the Order of the Immaculate Conception in Toledo with the help… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 