Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day St. Ignatius of Antioch "I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire." In 107, during the reign of the brutal Emperor Trajan, this holy Bishop was wrongfully sentenced to death because he refused to renounce the Christian faith. He was taken under guard to Rome where he was to be brutally devoured by wild beasts in a public spectacle. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Catholic Online) - The second Bishop of Antioch, Syria, this disciple of ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Margaret Mary Alacoque St. John the Dwarf St. Anstrudis St. Berarius St. Victor St. Victor, Alexander, and Marianus St. Ethelbert and Etheired St. Florentius St. Francis Isidore Gagelin St. Herodion Bl. Jane Louise Barre and Jane Reine Prin St. Louthiem St. Mamelta St. Marie Magdalen Desjardin St. Regulus St. Richard Gwyn St. Rudolph of Gubbio St. Nothlem St. Francois Gagelin St. John the Dwarf Tomorrow's Saint of the Day St. Luke Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul's "Luke, the beloved physician" (Colossians 4:14). We know few other facts about Luke's life from Scripture and from early Church historians. It is believed that Luke was born a Greek and a Gentile. In Colossians 10-14 speaks of those friends who are with him. He first mentions all those "of the circumcision" -- in other words, Jews -- and he does not include Luke in this group. Luke's gospel shows special sensitivity to ... Read More » Most Popular The Myths and Truth about Childhood Vaccines Read More   SERIOUSLY? National Park Service spitefully removes handles from water fountains Read More   Mary Said Yes. Will We? Pope Francis Consecrates the World to the Heart of Mary Read More   Fr. Randy Sly on the Difference Between Clean and Committed Read More   CALL IT THEFT: Unscrupulous EBT shoppers mob Wal Mart stores after computer glitch Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2012 Catholic Online. This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this Catholic Online e-mail because you subscribed to it or someone forwarded it to you. To opt out, see the links below. TO ADVERTISE For information on advertising at Catholic Online, please contact Advertising Sales. TO SUBSCRIBE If this email has been forwarded to you and would like a subscription, please sign up for Catholic Online Newsletters. Remove your e-mail address from our list. We respect your right to privacy. View our policy. This e-mail was sent by: Catholic Online, P.O. Box 9686 Bakersfield, CA 93389 USA