Harding was born in Sherborne, Dorset, in the Kingdom of England, and spoke English, Norman, French, and Latin. He was placed in Sherborne Abbey at a young age and educated at Sherborne, but eventually left the monastery and became a travelling scholar, journeying with one devout companion into Scotland and afterwards to Paris and then to Rome. He eventually moved to Molesme Abbey in Burgundy,...
Saint Robert of Chaisedieu, also known as Robert de Turlande and Robert of Casa Dei, was born in the 11th century in Auvergne, France. He came from a noble lineage and was said to be a distant relative of Saint Gerald of Aurillac. From a young age, Robert displayed a deep piety and a desire to serve God. He received his education at the Church of Saint-Julien in Brioude, France, where he...
Friday of the Second Week in Easter
O God, hope and light of the sincere, we humbly entreat you to dispose our hearts to offer you worthy prayer and ever to extol you by dutiful proclamation of your praise. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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Labre was born in 1748 in the village of Amettes, near Arras, in the former Province of Artois in the north of France. He was the eldest of fifteen children of a prosperous shopkeeper, Jean-Baptiste Labre, and his wife, Anne Grandsire. Labre had an uncle, a parish priest, living some distance from his family home; this uncle gladly received him, and undertook his early education for the...
Etched into the stone above her final resting place, you’ll find the words: “Repairer of the Breach.” A fitting legacy for Mother Lurana Mary White. She didn’t just preach At-One-Ment, she lived it.
Mother Lurana was always unique, even as a little girl. Her mother dreamed of the “good life” for her daughter. But teenage Lurana wanted to live as a...