The Blessed Virgin Mary was presented by her parents to the Lord in the Temple.
This celebration reveals her total dedication to God’s service and obedience to God’s will ~ from the Proper of Saints, Daily Roman Missal
St. Elizabeth (1207-1231) was the daughter of the King of Hungary and became the mother of four.
After her husband’s death, she became a Franciscan tertiary, devoting herself to caring for the poor, sick, and aged. She died in exceptional poverty ~ from the Proper of Saints, Daily Roman Missal
Born in Poland to Orthodox parents, he became a Catholic of the Byzantine Rite and a monk.
As bishop he worked faithfully for the unity of the Church until he was martyred (1623) at the hands of an angry mob ~ from the Proper of Saints, Daily Roman Missal
During the pontificate of St. Leo I (d. 461), the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon defined Jesus Christ as one divine Person having two natures: divine and human
St. Leo had written his “Tome” to Patriarch Flavian of Constantinople, which was read and assented to by the Council Fathers ~ from the Daily Roman Missal