February 12, 2025

Daily Thought from the Saints

"Fix your minds on the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Inflamed with love for us, he came down from heaven to redeem us. For our sake he endured every torment of body and soul and shrank from no bodily pain. He himself gave us an example of perfect patience and love. We, then, are to be patient in adversity."

— St. Francis of Paola

Daily Scripture Verse

"On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed, “Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as scripture says: 'Rivers of living water will flow from within him.'""

John 7:37-8

Daily Meditation

"Now man need not hide from God as Adam did; for He can be seen through Christ's human nature. Christ did not gain one perfection more by becoming man, nor did He lose anything of what He possessed as God. There was the Almightiness of God in the movement of His arm, the infinite love of God in the beatings of His human heart and the Unmeasured Compassion of God to sinners in His eyes. God was now manifest in the flesh; this is what is called the Incarnation. The whole range of the Divine attributes of power and goodness, justice, love, beauty, were in Him. And when Our Divine Lord acted and spoke, God in His perfect nature became manifest to those who saw Him and heard Him and touched Him. As He told Philip later on: Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father [John 14:9]."

— Fulton J. Sheen

Daily Catholic Wisdom

In the New Testament, people in the consecrated state are called to be like leaven in society, to fulfill a prophetic role in radically calling the attention of society to the importance of following Christ. We are disciples of Christ. We are to take the Gospel call to discipleship seriously. The consecrated keep on reminding us of this fact, like the prophets of the Old Testament.

—Francis Cardinal Arinze
from his book, “Radical Discipleship: Consecrated Life and the Call to Holiness”

A Prayer from Notre Dame University

Rev. Louis Delfra, C.S.C.

Lord Jesus, you teach us the way of the pure of heart, that we might see God more clearly, and so love God more fully. Help us to overcome the weakness and sin in our lives that prevent us from loving you and others with all our heart. Give us patience, perseverance, and confidence in your loving mercy for those sinful habits and behaviors that we find particularly difficult to overcome. Help us to know that your love for us is greater than our capacity to sin. Amen.