Daily Thought from the Saints
"It is in the company of Jesus that you work for the glory of God."
— St. John Baptist de la Salle
Daily Scripture Verse
"In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ [Jesus] have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit. Let us not be conceited, provoking one another, envious of one another."
Galatians 5:22-26
Daily Meditation
"Whenever that sacrifice of Christ is memorialized in the Church, there is an application to a new moment in time and a new presence in space of the unique sacrifice of Christ Who is now in glory. In obeying His mandate, His followers would be representing in an unbloody manner that which He presented to His Father in the bloody sacrifice of Calvary. After changing the bread into His Body and the wine into His Blood: He gave it to them (Mark 14:22). By that communion they were made one with Christ, to be offered with Him, in Him, and by Him. All love craves unity. As the highest peak of love in the human order is the unity of husband and wife in the flesh, so the highest unity in the Divine order is the unity of the soul and Christ in communion."
— Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Daily Catholic Wisdom
See now the reason why it was expedient, not only for the apostles and disciples, but also for us, that he ascended, because no one would have cared about heaven, but rather, where [on earth] Christ would have been.
—St. Vincent Ferrer
Daily Journey with the Pope
“Righteousness is one of the building blocks of God’s Kingdom. In our daily efforts to do the Lord’s will, justice needs to be built up with patience, sacrifice, and determination… The righteousness of the Kingdom must be understood as the fulfilment of God’s harmonious plan, whereby in Christ, who died and rose from the dead, all creation returns to its original goodness, and humanity becomes once more “very good”. But for this wondrous harmony to reign, we must accept Christ’s salvation, his Gospel of love, so that the many forms of inequality and discrimination in the present world may be eliminated. No one must be excluded. God’s plan is essentially inclusive and gives priority to those living on the existential peripheries.”
Pope Francis
A Prayer
Almighty God, today many voices are heard — “mourning and great weeping... weeping for [their] children and refusing to be comforted because they are no more." (Jer 31:15) In the face of unanswerable sorrow, we join our hearts with the parents and loved ones grieving for the lives unjustly taken by shooting in Uvalde, Texas. We know, Lord, that you share in our mourning and weeping and, in your compassion, offer us hope through your beloved Son. More than ever, increase our faith in your resurrection and the restoration of our loved ones. Enable our shocked and anguished hearts to be comforted by your never-ending love. Amen