Don't Look Back

Homily for Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Daily Thought from the Saints

"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."

— St. Augustine

Daily Scripture Verse

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body."

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Daily Meditation

"If you are thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you, you are embarking on something which is going to take the whole of you, brains and all. But, fortunately, it works the other way around. Anyone who is honestly trying to be a Christian will soon find his intelligence being sharpened: one of the reasons why it needs no special education to be a Christian is that Christianity is an education itself."

— C. S. Lewis

Daily Catholic Wisdom

The life of the liturgy does not come from what dawns upon the minds of individuals and planning groups. On the contrary, it is God’s descent upon our world, the source of real liberation. He alone can open the door to freedom. The more priests and faithful humbly surrender themselves to this descent of God, the more ‘new’ the liturgy will constantly be and the more true and personal it becomes.

—Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
from his book, “The Spirit of the Liturgy”

A Prayer from Notre Dame University

Rev. Bob Loughery, C.S.C.

God, source of life, help us to live in your peace. May we be your healing presence for those who are suffering, your welcoming presence to those who are strangers. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.