Memorial of the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Community
Impart to us, O Lord, in kindness, the filial devotion with which the holy brothers venerated so devoutly, the Mother of God, and let your people to yourself. Granted this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.
Daily Thought from the Saints
"Great love can change small things into great ones, and it is only love which lends value to our actions."
— St. Faustina Kowalska
Daily Scripture Verse
"I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep thy word. I do not turn aside from thy ordinances, for thou hast taught me. How sweet are thy words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way."
Psalm 119:101-4
Daily Meditation
"And it is only by the observance of the first and greatest commandment that we can keep the second. The more we love God, the more we shall love man; the less we love God, the less we shall, in the true sense of the word, love man. Our love will become capricious, fitful, and unreliable—not charity, but passion. If you feel that your love for your fellowman is dying out in the fumes of selfishness, there is but one way to revive it: strive for, pray for, the love of God. As the heart turns toward its source, it will be quickened and expanded. There is no true, no lasting spirit of charity apart from the practice of religion. Therefore, we cannot keep those commandments which teach us our duty to men unless we are keeping those which teach us our duty to God."
— Fr. Basil W. Maturin
Day by day with Mary, the Mother of God
As the sun through a window pane goes forward and backward with our harming it, so were you the intact Virgin when God, coming from heaven, made you his mother, and lady.
Seven Founders of the Order of Servites
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Andrew Fritz, C.S.C.
Lord Jesus Christ, you multiplied the loaves so that your disciples would be one and would know that you are the bread of life. Give us today this daily bread: your flesh for the life of the world. Consume in us whatever prevents us from being consumed in you. Amen.