July 16, 2025

The Martyrs of Compeigne, St. Hedwig, Queen of Poland, St. Alexius of Rome, The Sillitan Martyrs, St. Colman of Stockerau

Daily Thought from the Saints

"Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace in the world."

— St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Daily Scripture Verse

"Blessed is the man who perseveres in temptation, for when he has been proved he will receive the crown of life that he promised to those who love him."

James 1:12

Daily Meditation

"There is, actually, only one person in all humanity of whom God has one picture and in whom there is a perfect conformity between what he wanted her to be and what she is, and that is his own mother. Most of us are a minus sign, in the sense that we do not fulfill the high hopes the heavenly Father has for us. But Mary is the equal sign. The ideal that God had of her, that she is, and in the flesh. The model and the copy are perfect; she is all that was foreseen, planned, and dreamed. The melody of her life is played just as it was written."

— Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Daily Catholic Wisdom

I have so much evil in me. I have so little of an earnest, brave spirit to set against that evil. O Lord, what will become of me? It is so difficult for me to drive away the Evil Spirit from my heart. Thou alone canst effectually cast him out.

—St. John Henry Newman
from the book “Prayers, Verses and Devotions”

A Prayer from Notre Dame University

Rev. Vincent Nguyen, C.S.C.

Jesus, we hear the world around us saying your burden is heavy and your yoke is too difficult, but you have told us it’s not. Your burden is light and your yoke is freeing. Serving you is sweetness. Sustain us as we continue in your service. Amen.