February 25, 2025

Daily Thought from the Saints

"Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?"

— St. Gerard Majella

Daily Scripture Verse

"Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: “I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness."

Isaiah 42:5-7

Daily Meditation

"This is the difference between a journey on earth, and that which leads to Heaven. For in the former, not only may we stop without fear of going backward, but rest is necessary that we may sustain our strength to the journey’s end; however, in the latter journey which leads to perfection, our growth in strength is proportionate to our advance, inasmuch as the inferior appetites which throw all possible obstacles in our path to Heaven, grow gradually weaker while our good inclinations acquire new strength. Thus as we advance in piety, our early difficulties fade into the background, and a certain delight, with which God sweetens the bitterness of this life, increases in our souls. Going cheerfully on from virtue to virtue, we finally reach the summit of the mountain."

— Dom Lorenzo Scupoli

Daily Catholic Wisdom

God: While man lives in his time for mercy, but when he is dead comes the time of justice. He ought, then, to arise from servile fear and arrive at love and holy fear of Me, Otherwise there is no remedy against his falling back.

St. Catherine of Siena
Sermon in a Sentence

A Prayer from Notre Dame University

Rev. Nicholas Ayo, C.S.C.

My Lord and my God, I want all too often more than I deserve. I find myself acting in a childish manner, taking the toy I want and taking it now. You call us to grow up, to be not childish in selfishness, but child-like in simple trust that God knows and loves best. We are not very good at being the first to trust. Perhaps we can be humble at being among the last to understand God’s ways. We pray this prayer through Our Lord Jesus Christ.