Daily Thought from the Saints
"For all, regenerated in Christ, are made kings by the sign of the cross; they are consecrated priests by the oil of the Holy Spirit, so that beyond the special service of our ministry as priests, all spiritual and mature Christians know that they are a royal race and are sharers in the office of the priesthood. For what is more king-like than to find yourself ruler over your body after having surrendered your soul to God? And what is more priestly than to promise the Lord a pure conscience and to offer him in love unblemished victims on the altar of one’s heart?"
— St. Leo the Great
Daily Scripture Verse
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together."
Colossians 1:15-17
Daily Meditation
"God never caused the virtues and singular merit of Joseph to shine with greater splendor than when He said to him by the mouth of the angel, 'Take the Child and His mother'; for in them He committed to him His most precious treasures, giving him thus the preference over all the blessed spirits of Heaven; and Joseph received these two sacred persons into his care, to be their protector, their guardian, and defender. If, then, Heaven made Joseph the protector of Jesus and Mary, we may rest assured that he was at the same time made protector and patron of all men."
— Edward Healy Thompson
Daily Catholic Wisdom
If we truly love the poor, our first contact must be with Jesus, in the Blessed Sacrament. Then it will be easy to bring our love for Jesus to the poor.
—St. Teresa of Calcutta
from the book “Love: A Fruit Always in Season”
A Prayer
Rev. Ralph Haag, C.S.C.
Almighty Father, you are the living God. May we always revere you and look to you as our help. Guide us always so that one day we come to share in the everlasting life that is yours. Amen.
The Abbot’s Daily Lectio Divina
Abbot Austin Murphy, O.S.B., St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle, IL
Exodus 3:14-15
Reading
God replied to [Moses], "I am who I am." Then he added, "This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you." God spoke further to Moses, "Thus shall you say to the Israelites: the Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever; thus am I to be remembered through all generations."
Meditation
God keeps talking to Moses: He replies, He then adds more, and then He speaks even further. We sometimes think that God is silent, but here God has so much to tell Moses. And God kept telling His people things through the prophets, inspired authors, and finally and most completely through His Son. God wants so much to speak to us, to tell us about Himself and His love for us. We need to listen and let Him speak His love through our hearts.
Prayer
Lord, let me hear the words You speak to me in Your love.
Contemplation…