Saint Vincent de Paul

September 27, 2016 The Best Catholic

Born to peasant farmer parents in France in the 16th Century, Saint Vincent de Paul showed much promise for reading and writing at an early age.  At age fifteen, he was able to enter the seminary to continue with the study of theology from the livestock his family sold.  By

Prayer Petitions For September 27, 2016

September 27, 2016 The Best Catholic

We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below.  Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope.  Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Jesus Christ is worthy of all praise, for he was

Mass Readings For September 27, 2016

September 27, 2016 The Best Catholic

First Reading – Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 Job opened his mouth and cursed his day. Job spoke out and said: Perish the day on which I was born, the night when they said, “The child is a boy!” Why did I not perish at birth, come forth from the womb

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

September 23, 2016 The Best Catholic

Saint Pio was born as Francesco Forgione on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina in the Archdiocese of Benevento.  His parents were Grazio Forgione and Maria Giuseppa De Nunzio.  At the age of sixteen, he joined the Capuchin Friars Minor novitiate in Morcone and took the name of Brother Pio.  After

Prayer Petitions For September 23, 2016

September 23, 2016 The Best Catholic

We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below.  Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope.  Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Jesus Christ is worthy of all praise, for he was

Mass Readings For September 23, 2016

September 23, 2016 The Best Catholic

First Reading – Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every thing under the heavens. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant. A time to kill, and a time to

Saint Thomas of Villanova

September 22, 2016 The Best Catholic

Saint Thomas of Villanova was a friar and archbishop of the Order of Saint Augustine.  He was born in Fuentellana, Castile, Spain in 1488.  His father was a miller who, like his mother, frequently gave food to the needy.  Following the good example of his parents, Saint Thomas had often

Prayer Petitions For September 22, 2016

September 22, 2016 The Best Catholic

We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below.  Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope.  Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Our hope is in God, who gives us help. Let

Mass Readings For September 22, 2016

September 22, 2016 The Best Catholic

First Reading – Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the sun? One generation passes and another comes, but the world forever stays. The sun rises and the sun goes

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