Friday of the Second Week in Easter
O God, hope and light of the sincere, we humbly entreat you to dispose our hearts to offer you worthy prayer and ever to extol you by dutiful proclamation of your praise. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Daily Thought from the...
Labre was born in 1748 in the village of Amettes, near Arras, in the former Province of Artois in the north of France. He was the eldest of fifteen children of a prosperous shopkeeper, Jean-Baptiste Labre, and his wife, Anne Grandsire. Labre had an uncle, a parish priest, living some distance from his family home; this uncle gladly received him, and undertook his early education for the...
Etched into the stone above her final resting place, you’ll find the words: “Repairer of the Breach.” A fitting legacy for Mother Lurana Mary White. She didn’t just preach At-One-Ment, she lived it.
Mother Lurana was always unique, even as a little girl. Her mother dreamed of the “good life” for her daughter. But teenage Lurana wanted to live as a...
Saint Benezet, also known as Benezet of Hermillon, Benedict, Bennet, Benet, or Benoit, was born around the year 1163 in Hermillon, Savoy, France. He is famously known as "The Bridge Builder" due to his remarkable feat of constructing a bridge over the Rhone River in Avignon, guided by a heavenly vision. Benezet began his life as a shepherd, tending to his flock near Avignon. It was...
Ida of Lorraine (also referred to as Blessed Ida of Boulogne) (c. 1040 – 13 August, 1113) was a saint and noblewoman. She was the daughter of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine and his wife Doda.
Marriage to Eustace II Boulogne Count of Boulogne in 1057 at Age 17 in Boulogne, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
From his second marriage with Ida of Lorraine (daughter of Godfrey III,...