Posted: September 16, 2024
“The Christian does not start off as a saint; he becomes so little by little. But he is a man whose eyes are opened to a new dimension, someone who is born for another world: the present world, seen under a new light which is the most real and most concrete of all.” –Father Bernard
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Posted: September 15, 2024
“It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and pain of pursuing truth, love, and goodness, that we drift into a life of emptiness, in which there may be almost no pain, but the dark sensation of meaninglessness and
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Posted: September 14, 2024
“Suffering is a part of our human existence. Suffering stems partly from our finitude, and partly from the mass of sin which has accumulated over the course of history, and continues to grow unabated today. Certainly we must do whatever we can to reduce suffering: to avoid as far as possible the suffering of the
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Posted: September 13, 2024
“O Immortal One, nailed to the wood, you have triumphed over the snares of the devil. Glory be to you, Lord!” –Byzantine Liturgy Intention: Thank You, Lord, for the peace, love and security You promise. Friday: Restoration of Human Race 1st Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden Scripture: His betrayer had arranged
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Posted: September 12, 2024
“[Mary] is Mother to all of us, and to us all is given the tremendous privilege of calling on her for help in this valley of tears.” –Sister Mary Jean Dorcy, O.P. (+ 1988) Intention: Lord, I thank You that wherever I go this day, You and Your angels will be with me.
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Posted: September 11, 2024
“Many people question whether prayer is meaningful at all. ‘If God knows everything, why tell him?’ Asking such a question presupposes that the main purpose of prayer is to inform God of something. But prayer is really another form of communication altogether. It is a sort of loving dialogue in which one raises all one’s
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Posted: September 10, 2024
“Take from me whatever makes me unclean, dries me up, makes me inflexible, sends me astray, and enfeebles me. Take from me all that makes me unworthy of your visitation, of your chastisement and your reproofs, unworthy of your consoling words and your communications, and lastly of your love and your benevolence.” –Saint Peter Faber
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Posted: September 9, 2024
“In short, O my Lord, I beg you to take from me whatever divides, separates, and distances me from you and you from me.” –Saint Peter Faber (+ 1546) Intention: Lord, please make of America a nation that becomes like a shining city on a hill for the rest of the world, and inspires
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Posted: September 8, 2024
“The day of Sabbath was blessed more than the other days, and so Genesis 2:3 says: God blessed the seventh day. Likewise, she is blessed above all women. Again, Saturday was holier than the other days, and so in the same place it is said: He sanctified it. And she is holier than all. So it is
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Posted: September 7, 2024
“It is good to know why those who are devoted to the Blessed Virgin honor her more on Saturdays than on other days. Consider, then, that our Lord is said to have rested on the Sabbath; again, he rested in her as in his tabernacle. Therefore, the sabbath and the Virgin are in harmony, for
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