John the Baptist spent his adult life preparing the way for Jesus, and proclaiming that “the Kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.”. He was born to Zachary and Elizabeth,...
Nativity of St. John the Baptist
St. Monica and St. Augustine
St. Monica (333-387) was born in Tagaste, northern Africa and died in Ostia, near Rome. Monica was a Christian, but her husband Patricius was a pagan and a man of...
Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle
around 66 A.D., and his relics are in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls near the Ostian Way. St. Paul St. Paul was born at Tarsus, Cilicia, of Jewish parents...
December 2025
...Christ's Second Coming at the end of time. The readings focus on the people of the Old Testament awaiting the Messiah, John the Baptist, heralding the way for Christ and...