Daily Thought from the Saints
"If we could comprehend all the good things contained in Holy Communion, nothing more would be wanting to content the heart of man."
— St. John Vianney
Daily Scripture Verse
"Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.""
John 20:29
Daily Meditation
"Jesus Christ could have appeared among us, radiant with joy and encompassed by divine splendor, amidst the glitter and pomp of His sovereign majesty. He deemed it more worthy of His glory and more profitable to the salvation of men, to show Himself to them girt with a diadem of thorns, clothed in purple and stained with blood, His face bruised, the gaping grimace of death on His lips, bearing the bloody unction of the nails imprinted on His hands and feet. In uniting Himself closely with suffering, Jesus Christ assuredly did not smooth all its severity and all its pangs; but He removed part of its bitterness, corrected and destroyed its poison. He made the chalice of His Blood fruitful. Like the brazen serpent set up by Moses in the desert, He implanted Himself in the center of the world as an inexhaustible instrument of mercy, life, and health. Owing to this transformation, His divine wounds, like fountains ever gushing, remain eternally open to all straying and fallen souls who are eager to escape from their coarse, sensual aspirations, wanting to immerse themselves anew in the joys of sacrifice and the honor of purity."
— Fr. Charles Arminjon
Daily Catholic Wisdom
An ordinary Catholic life . . . and yet, I know from the lives of the saints, from the Oxford martyrs, from my Catholic friends, that an ordinary Catholic life is, paradoxically, quite extraordinary.
—Holly Ordway
from her book “Not God's Type”
Daily Journey with the Pope
“On the path of life and faith, as we seek to achieve the dreams, plans, hopes and expectations deep in our hearts, we also come up against our own frailties and weaknesses; we experience setbacks and disappointments, and often we can remain imprisoned by a paralyzing sense of failure. Yet the Gospel tells us that at those very moments we are not alone, for the Lord comes to meet us and stands at our side. He accompanies us on our way with the discretion of a gentle fellow-traveller who wants to open our eyes and make our hearts once more burn within us. Whenever our failures lead to an encounter with the Lord, life and hope are reborn and we are able to be reconciled: with ourselves, with our brothers and sisters, and with God.”
A Prayer
Rev. Steve Newton, C.S.C.
May the risen Christ help us to see through His eyes rather than with our limited vision. May we forgive as He forgave, call ourselves and others to transformative repentance, and give thanks for the graces that allow us to live His life here on earth. Through Christ our Lord. Amen