Saturday of the 2nd Week in Lent, Commemoration of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
O God, who grant us by glorious healing remedies while still of earth to be partakers of the things of heaven, guide us, we pray, through this present life and bring us to that light in which you dwell. Grant 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
"I know well that the greater and more beautiful the work is, the more terrible will be the storms that rage against it."
— St. Faustina
Daily Scripture Verse
"But as it is written: "What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and what has not entered the human heart, what God has prepared for those who love him," this God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God."
1 Corinthians 2:9-10
Daily Meditation
"Throughout Sacred Scripture, we find that when God's people fast, the power of their prayers is increased, especially when they are engaged in spiritual warfare. In the Old Testament, the Lord told Isaiah that a fast properly undertaken would 'loose the bonds of wickedness ... undo the thongs of the yoke ... let the oppressed go free' (Is. 58:6) ... In the New Testament, we find that Jesus fasted for forty days and nights in the wilderness in preparation for His battle with Satan, who came to tempt Him (see Lk 4:1-2) ... If prayer is a spiritual weapon, fasting is the spiritual whetstone on which it is sharpened. It's the spiritual muscle that, when exercised regularly, strengthens the thrust of that weapon to pierce the Enemy and drive him away."
— Paul Thigpen
Day by Day with Mary, the Mother of God
Mary can help us to overcome the temptation to anxiety and to live our lives with trust and eagerness before the eternal one - to rediscover life itself as a vocation, which is to be lived with the faith in God, and faithfulness that God’s own faithfulness makes possible.
Cardinal Carlo Martini
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Andrew Gawrych, C.S.C.
Lord, in these 40 days of Lent, we pray, fast, and give alms, knowing that it is we who have taken ourselves away from you through our sins and our transgressions. By welcoming your forgiveness in our hearts these Lenten days, may we be brought by you to the joy of new life on Easter morning. Amen.