HolyManna Blog
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December 22, 2025 – God Lifts the Lowly in Today’s Mass Readings
Hannah gives the long awaited child she prayed for back to God in the First Reading, and it changes everything. 🤯 In 1 Samuel 1:24-28, her courage shows what real surrender looks like. She receives a miracle, then offers it… Continue reading
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December 21st – Saint of the Day: Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Martyr
Saint Andrew Dũng Lạc didn’t preach with a microphone or a platform. He preached with his life. 🔥 This humble Vietnamese priest risked everything to bring the sacraments to his people, celebrating Mass in hidden homes, teaching the faith in… Continue reading
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December 21st – Saint of the Day: Saint Peter Canisius, Doctor of the Church
Meet Saint Peter Canisius: the Jesuit powerhouse who helped hold the Church together when Europe was falling apart. 🔥🌍 His mind was sharp, his heart was steady, and his mission was simple: teach the truth with clarity and love. Most… Continue reading
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December 21, 2025 – God is With Us in Today’s Mass Readings
✨ Emmanuel is closer than you think. Today’s readings hit deep and pull back the curtain on a God who steps right into human fear, confusion, and real life. 📖 First Reading – Isaiah 7:10-14 A king refuses to trust,… Continue reading
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December 20, 2025 – Welcoming the King of Glory in Today’s Mass Readings
Today’s readings hit deep. 👇🔥 In the First Reading (Isaiah 7:10-14), a fearful king refuses God’s offer for a sign… yet God gives one anyway. Emmanuel is promised even when trust is weak. How wild is it that God moves… Continue reading
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December 19, 2025 – Trusting in God’s Timing in Today’s Mass Readings
When life feels stuck on “buffering,” God is often already writing the next chapter. 🌱 Today’s readings hit hard A barren woman gives birth to Samson, a Nazirite set apart from the womb. An aging, “forgotten” couple, Zechariah and Elizabeth,… Continue reading
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December 17th – Saint of the Day: Saint José Manyanet y Vives
Meet the priest who dedicated his entire life to turning every home into another Nazareth. 🏡✨ Saint José Manyanet y Vives believed the future of the world rested in the holiness of the family, and he didn’t just preach it.… Continue reading
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December 16th – Saint of the Day: Saint Adelaide, Holy Roman Empress
✨ The empress who turned suffering into sanctity ✨ Born into royalty, imprisoned for refusing a corrupt political marriage, miraculously escaping captivity, and rising to become a pillar of mercy across Europe… Saint Adelaide’s story is one of the most… Continue reading
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December 15th – Saint of the Day: Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli
✨ Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli wasn’t a nun, a mystic, or a cloistered religious. She was a widow who turned her unimaginable suffering into a wildfire of mercy that transformed an entire city. 🕊️🔥 Born into nobility in Genoa, she… Continue reading
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December 15, 2025 – True Authority in Today’s Mass Readings
Balaam was supposed to curse Israel… but God opened his eyes instead. 👀✨ In the First Reading (Numbers 24), a reluctant seer suddenly sees the truth: a “star” and “scepter” rising from Jacob. A prophecy pointing straight to the Messiah.… Continue reading
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