Daily Readings

Catherine of Ricci swapped comfort for heavenly points: stigmata, fiery blisters, and casual chats with saints. Tuscany’s most extreme spiritual influencer, centuries before social media.

From royal cupbearer to hermit with a fan club of 300 monks, Benedict’s journey proves holiness sometimes starts with dodging drowning and abandoning luxury.

From curing lepers to healing kings with wardrobe changes, St. Severinus turned medieval Burgundy into his own saintly highlight reel. Spoiler: He saw death coming.

Saint Scholastica prayed up a storm—literally—just to keep chatting with her brother. Her soul took flight like a dove. Heavenly drama included.

Fire roared, judges trembled, and a fifteen-year-old outwitted his killers. Alexandria’s martyrs turned terror into legend—because nothing says devotion like leaping into flames.

Saint John of Matha ditched riches to free slaves, face pirates, and MacGyver his cloak into a sail. Holiness with high-seas flair.

Romuald fled dueling dads, sassy monks, and devilish temptations. He found forests, visions, and a whole order of white-robed hermits. Wild times in 1027.

A virgin saint, a sarcastic lawyer, and an angel with apples and roses—St. Dorothy’s heavenly comeback is the ultimate divine mic drop in winter Cæsarea.

St. Agatha faced tyrants, pot sherds, and worse with unshakable faith—her veil still guards volcanoes! A tale of guts, grace, and unexpected miracles.

Banished princess, neglected wife, secret saint—Jane of Valois endured royal drama to start an order of nuns. Her crown hid a habit.