Saturday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Apollonius the Apologist; Second Century martyr whose defense of the faith, is considered one of the most priceless documents of the early Church; he was a Roman senator who was denounced as aChristian by one of his slaves; the Praetorian Prefect, Sextus Tigidius […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Robert of Chaise Dieu; Eleventh Century Benedictine abbot and founder; born in Auvergne, France, became a priest and canon of St. Julian’s in Brioude; he then founded a hospice and became spiritual director of St. Odilo in Cluny; he eventually settled near Brioude, […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Bernadette Soubirous, 1844-1879; the recipient of the visions of Our Lady of Lourdes; born into a poor family in Lourdes, France; at 14, while gathering firewood, she encountered a beautiful lady in a grotto; after numerous additional apparitions, Bernadette asked the Lady her […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Hunna, “the holy washerwoman”; a noblewoman who devoted herself to the poor of Strasbourg, France, in the Seventh Century; she even washed the poor, hence her name; she died in 679 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/15/26 Gospel: John 3:16-21 Podcast: […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Peter Gonzales, 1190-1246; born in Spain, he entered the Dominicans and became chaplain and confessor of King St. Ferdinand of Castile; he preached a campaign against the Moors, and then cared for the captured Muslims; he also cared for sailors, who dubbed him […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Monday of the Second Week of Easter Optional Memorial of Pope St. Martin I; Seventh Century pope during the time of a popular heresy which held that Christ had no human will; Martin called a council in which documents supporting this heresy were censured, and the patriarch of Constantinople and two of his predecessors were […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Second Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 4/12/26 Gospel: John 20:19-31 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Saturday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Stanislaus of Krakow, 1030-1079; born near Krakow, Poland; educated and ordained at Gnesen; he soon he became noted for his preaching and became a much sought after spiritual adviser; he was successful in his reforming efforts, and in 1072 was namedBishop of Krakow; he […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Friday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Paternus; Eleventh Century Irish/Scottish hermit; born either inIrelandorScotland and joined a monastery; going to Westphalia, he was one of the first monks to enter the Abdinghof Monastery under the leadership of St. Meinwerk; Paternus lived as a hermit in one of the cells; such […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Thursday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Hugh of Rouen; Eighth Century Benedictinebishop of Rouen, Paris, and Bayeux, France, a nephew of Charles Martel and the son of Duke Drogo of Burgundy; he was named thebishop of Rouen in 722; he then moved to Paris and later to Bayeux; at the […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Wednesday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. Julia Billiart, 1751-1816; she took a vow of virginity while young and worked so hard for the poor that she collapsed, remaining a cripple until 1804 when she was miraculously cured; she stayed in Amiens, where the Institute of Notre Dame was founded by […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tuesday in the Octave of Easter Saint of the Day: St. John Baptist de La Salle, 1651-1719; ordained a priest at age 27; he became interested in the creation of schools for poor boys in Rheims, where he was stationed; he threw himself wholeheartedly into the work; the remainder of his life was closely entwined […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more