Posted: August 16, 2024
“[God] assures us repeatedly in the Scriptures what he will do with our sins if we repent. He will throw them into the bottom of the sea, the inspired prophet tells us (Mic 7:19).” –Mother Mary Francis of Our Lady, P.C.C. (+ 2006) Intention: Lord, please give us fair and honest elections. Saturday:
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Posted: August 16, 2024
“In Hebrew thought, ‘body’ is not merely the flesh but the whole person as a physical being. Jesus is revealing that his death will be a gift of himself to them. By asking them to ‘take,’ that is, to eat the bread that is his body, he is inviting them to receive this gift of himself
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Posted: August 15, 2024
“In her great poem [the Magnificat], Our Lady talks about what God remembers. At the beginning she speaks of his remembering mercy; at the end she speaks of his remembering mercy. She says at the beginning a progenie in progenies, always remembering his mercy from generation to generation, never forgetting to be merciful. Sometimes we forget—he never does.”
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Posted: August 14, 2024
“‘Until death do us part,’ the words that tell us what we expect of human love, are an expression of permanence. And while that seems to be the ultimate in human love, Mary’s love for her Son demonstrates that even ‘unto death’ is not long enough. Love must last beyond the bounds of space and
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Posted: August 13, 2024
“All you have to do is, from time to time, to utter a few words, above all the following, which may be your only prayer: ‘My God, into your hands I commend my spirit,’ or perhaps: ‘My God, my soul is in your holy grasp…. To you I leave all care of it and wish
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Posted: August 12, 2024
“Try to practice the lesson of our blessed father [Francis de Sales] who told us: “Keep your eyes upon God and let him do his will.” Be of good heart, find your consolation in the will of God, and rest assured that your faith, your hope, and your love of him are greater and more
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Posted: August 11, 2024
“[Blessed Lawrence] followed Christ as a perfect imitator of his life and virtues, in total sanctity, as a worshipper and lover of God, carrying within himself the image of that heavenly man who is Our Lord Jesus Christ.” –Saint Lawrence of Brindisi (+ 1619) Intention: Lord, Please help us to resist communism and totalitarianism.
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Posted: August 9, 2024
“The Savior has preceded us on the way of poverty. All the goods in heaven and on earth belonged to him. They presented no danger to him; he could use them and yet keep his heart completely free of them. But he knew that it is scarcely possible for people to have possessions without succumbing
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Posted: August 8, 2024
“Together with humility, the cross develops in us the three virtues that are properly divine and are the heart of the Christian life: faith, hope, and charity. The cross makes our soul similar to the soul of Christ, and therefore similar to God. ” –Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. (+ 1964) Intention: Please bless all
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Posted: August 8, 2024
“Our Lord asks us to allow him to work—to allow him to work to reproduce his image in us. Our Lord does not ask us to love suffering in itself, but to love it as a means of salvation, just as a very bitter medicine that will give us back our health can be loved.
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