NOVEMBER 22, 2010 DAILY PRAYER WITH REGNUM CHRISTI THE RICHEST GIFT _Father Edward Hopkins, LC_ _Luke 21:1-4_ When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, "I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood." INTRODUCTORY PRAYER: Dear Jesus, I … [More]

Cecilia was a young noblewoman of Rome. A devout Christian, she had pledged herself to chastity. However, her parents arranged for her to marry the noble Valerian. At the wedding celebration, while the musicians and singers performed music of a secular nature, her thoughts were only of God. On her wedding night, rather than consummating the marriage, her husband also became a Christian and joined her in a commitment to a celibate union. He and his brother Tiburtius then suffered martyrdom as a … [More]