Memorial of Nicholas Pieck, Willibard and Companions
God our Father, you gave victory to your holy martyrs Nicholas and companions, and adorned them with the crown of eternal life. Imitating their constancy, may we also attain with them to eternal glory. We ask 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
"Young people need the light of watchful guides to lead them on the path of salvation."
— St. John Baptist de la Salle
Daily Scripture Verse
"For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God."
2 Timothy 1:7-8
Daily Meditation
"Heaven is the birth-place and home of love. Its blessed inhabitants love much, love forever, and love only what is worthy of love. Joseph, however, was blessed by anticipation, for he passed all his days in the exercise of divine love, and lived a life of love upon earth. The Evangelists do not record a single word of this great saint; he observed, indeed, a marvelous silence. Not, however, an ungracious silence. The silence of ordinary men, as well as their irrepressible flow of words, is often merely selfish. But Joseph’s silence and his speech were alike prompted and regulated by the law of charity ... His words, indeed, were never superfluous, for they had their source in love, but they were also ruled by his will, not forced from him as the expression of his feelings."
— Edward Healy Thompson
Day by Day with Mary, the Mother of God
Mary, show that you are our Mother; may our prayer be heard by that Jesus who willed to be your Son.
—Pope Leo XIII
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. James Bracke, C.S.C.
Loving God, You call us your beloved sons and daughters by name. May we not be afraid or lack trust in letting Jesus heal what is broken in our mind, body, or spirit. May Jesus lead us outside of ourselves to the immigrants, refugees, poor, imprisoned, and homeless, seeing his compassion is for all of us. We ask this through Jesus, the Shepherd and our Brother. Amen.