works of mercy
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September 20th – Saint of the Day: Saint José María de Yermo y Parres, Priest & Founder of the the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Poor
He was rich, brilliant, and on the fast track in the Church. 🎓 Then one walk to a tiny chapel changed EVERYTHING. 💔 On the road, he found pigs attacking two abandoned newborn babies. 🐖😢 Most people would look away.… Continue reading
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September 6th – Saint of the Day: Saint Onesiphorus, Disciple of Saint Paul & Martyr
Everyone ghosted Paul. One man booked a boat. ⛵🔥 While the Apostle sat in chains waiting to be executed, an entire province went silent on him. Friends he named. Friends he trusted. Gone. 💔 Then Saint Onesiphorus crossed the sea,… Continue reading
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September 5th – Saint of the Day: Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Virgin, Religious Sister, Schoolteacher, Foundress & Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity
She won the Nobel Peace Prize… then asked them to cancel the fancy banquet and give the money to the poor. 🕊️💸 The world knew her as Mother Teresa. A tiny woman in a white sari picking the dying up… Continue reading
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August 27th – Saint of the Day: Saint Caesarius of Arles, Monk & Bishop
⛪ A bishop was handed a heavy silver dish by the most powerful king in the West. He walked out and sold it. 💰 Why? To buy prisoners of war out of slavery. Including the enemies who had attacked his… Continue reading
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June 23rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Joseph Cafasso, Priest & Spiritual Director
He was called the “Priest of the Gallows” for a reason. ⚔️✝️ Saint Joseph Cafasso was a small, frail priest from Turin, but his courage was anything but small. He walked into prisons when others looked away. He heard confessions… Continue reading
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June 18th – Saint of the Day: Saint Gregory Barbagio, Cardinal, Bishop & Reformer
A cardinal in red robes… but he said the red meant blood. 🩸✝️ Saint Gregory Barbarigo was not just another Church leader with a fancy title. He was a Venetian nobleman turned priest, bishop, cardinal, plague servant, catechist, and reformer… Continue reading
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June 17th – Saint of the Day: Saint Albert Chmielowski, Soldier, Painter, Franciscan Tertiary & Founder of the Albertine Brothers & Sisters
He lost a leg in battle, became a respected painter, then walked away from fame to live with the homeless. 🔥 Saint Albert Chmielowski, also known as Brother Albert, was not interested in “comfortable Christianity.” He saw the wounded Christ… Continue reading
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June 17, 2026 – The Father Who Sees in Secret in Today’s Mass Readings
Some faith is loud. Real holiness usually starts hidden. 🔥🙏 Today’s Catholic Daily Mass Readings for June 17, 2026 hit hard because they expose one of the biggest spiritual traps: doing holy things for attention instead of doing them for… Continue reading
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June 11th – Saint of the Day: Saint Rembert of Hamburg-Bremen, Missionary Bishop & Benedictine Monk
A saint for the ones carrying a mission they did not start. 🔥 Saint Rembert of Hamburg-Bremen stepped into the chaos of the Viking Age after Saint Ansgar, the “Apostle of the North,” died. He inherited a fragile Catholic mission… Continue reading
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June 10th – Saint of the Day: Saint Landry of Paris, Bishop
A bishop sold Church treasures to feed the starving. 😳✝️ Saint Landry of Paris was not about comfortable Christianity. During a brutal famine, he sold his own possessions, and Catholic tradition says he even sold or melted down Church vessels… Continue reading
