Today is the feast day of St. John the Evangelist and Apostle. St. John was one of the first disciples of Jesus, one of the sons of Zebedee. He was the only Apostle to stay with Jesus at the cross, and was gifted by Jesus to take care of St. Mary after Jesus' death. After the Ascension...
Yesterday Christ was born in the world, so that today Stephen would be born in heaven. This is an ancient confession of the Incarnation and what it means for the eternal life of the saints. Today is the feast day of St. Stephen, the first martyr of the Church after Jesus Ascension into Heaven...
Today is the feast day of St. Mary, the Mother of our Lord Jesus, the God-bearer who was chosen by the Father to carry God in her womb for 9 months and be the Mother of God. One of the best known passages concerning St. Mary is the annunciation, the time in which St. Gabriel the Archangel came...