Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Accept, O Lord, we pray, the offerings which we bring from the abundance of your gifts, that through the powerful working of your grace these most sacred mysteries may sanctify our present way of life and lead us to eternal gladness. We ask this through Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
Daily Thought from the Saints
"The accidents of life separate us from our dearest friends, but let us not despair. God is like a looking glass in which souls see each other. The more we are united to Him by love, the nearer we are to those who belong to Him."
— St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Daily Scripture Verse
"And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything of me in my name, I will do it."
John 14:13-14
Daily Meditation
"Yet such are the pity and compassion of this Lord of ours, so desirous is He that we should seek Him and enjoy His company, that in one way or another He never ceases calling us to Him . . . God here speaks to souls through words uttered by pious people, by sermons or good books, and in many other such ways. Sometimes He calls souls by means of sickness or troubles, or by some truth He teaches them during prayer, for tepid as they may be in seeking Him, yet God holds them very dear."
— St. Teresa of Avila
Daily Catholic Wisdom
The recognition of morality is the real substance of human dignity; but one cannot recognize this without simultaneously experiencing it as an obligation of freedom. Morality is not man’s prison but the divine element in him.
—Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
from his book, “A Turning Point for Europe?”
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Stephen Koeth, C.S.C.
Heavenly Father, your Son taught us to pray trusting that you are always ready to give good gifts to all your children. We pray for ourselves, family, friends, and for all the Church. Forgive us our sins and send the Holy Spirit upon us that we may have ever greater faith in your love for us. Help us to always forgive others from the heart and to respond to the needs of our brothers and sisters with the same love you have shown us. Blessed be your holy name, now and forever. Amen.