Tuesday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Almighty Father, you have brought us to the light of a new day: keep us safe the whole day through from every sinful inclination. May all our thoughts, words, and actions aim at doing what is pleasing in your sight. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.
Daily Thought from The Saints
“Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and the Hope of finally embracing you.”
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Daily Scripture Verse
“One when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, ‘which is the first of all the Commandments?’ Jesus replied, ’The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other Commandment greater than these.’”
Mark 12:28-31
Daily Meditation
“All perfection consists in this, United and consecrated to Jesus Christ; and therefore the most perfect of all devotions is, without any doubt, that which the most perfectly conforms, unites and consecrates us to Jesus Christ. Now, Mary being the most conformed of all creatures to Jesus Christ, it follows that of all devotions, that which most consecrates and conforms the soul to our Lord is devotion to his holy mother, and That The more a soul is consecrated to Mary, the more it is consecrated to Jesus.”
— St. Louis De Montfort
Day by Day with Mary
The divine Spirit, the love itself of the Father and the Son, came corporally into Mary, and enriching her with grace as above all creatures, reposed in her and made her his spouse, the Queen of heaven and earth.
St. Anselm
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Matt Fase, C.S.C.
God, Father of all people, you sent your Son, Jesus Christ, to redeem us. Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, may we recognize the unity of all the baptized. Do not allow us to be distracted by the superficial distinctions drawn by the world. May we instead hear you call us all your mother and brothers and sisters. We are one in your Body. Help us to live as one. Amen.