Prayer Petitions For August 12, 2016

August 12, 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. Because of our sins the Father gave the Lord Jesus

Mass Readings For August 12, 2016

August 12, 2016 The Best Catholic

First Reading – Ezekiel 16:59-63 Thus says the LORD: I will deal with you according to what you have done, you who despised your oath, breaking a covenant. Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were a girl, and I will set up an everlasting

Saint Clare of Assisi

August 11, 2016 The Best Catholic

Saint Clare of Assisi was born in Assisi, Italy in the 12th Century.  When she was eighteen years old, she heard her brother, Saint Francis of Assisi, preached his Lenten sermons.  This inspired in Saint Clare a strong desire to follow the Gospel and offer herself to Jesus as a

Prayer Petitions For August 11, 2016

August 11, 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. Christ extolled those who practiced virginity for the sake of

Mass Readings For August 11, 2016

August 11, 2016 The Best Catholic

First Reading – Ezekiel 12:1-2 The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, you live in the midst of a rebellious house; they have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house. Now, son

Saint Lawrence

August 10, 2016 The Best Catholic

Saint Lawrence, being one of the seven deacons of Rome during the time of Pope St. Sixtus, was tasked to give help to the poor and needy.  In those times, persecution broke out in Rome and Pope St. Sixtus was executed.  The prefect of Rome who was a pagan ordered

Prayer Petitions For August 10, 2016

August 10, 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. This is the hour when the King of martyrs offered

Mass Readings For August 10, 2016

August 10, 2016 The Best Catholic

First Reading – 2 Corinthians 9:6-10 Brothers and sisters: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

August 9, 2016 The Best Catholic

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (named Edith Stein prior to her vocation) was a Carmelite nun and Martyr during the Nazi regime.  Although born into a Jewish family, she grew up an atheist and kept questioning who God truly was.  But with God’s grace, Saint Teresa was drawn to

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