Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, Optional Memorial of St. Romuald
O God, who through St. Romuald renews the manner of life of hermits in your Church, grant that denying ourselves and following Christ, we may merit to reach the heavenly realms on high. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Daily Thought from the Saints
"You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them."
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Daily Scripture Verse
"Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is."
1 John 3:2
Daily Meditation
"O my God, you and you alone are all wise and all knowing! You know, you have determined everything that will happen to us from first to last. You have ordered things in the wisest way, and you know what will be my lot year by year until I die. You know how long I have to live. You know how I shall die. You have precisely ordained everything, sin excepted. Every event of my life is the best for me that it could be, for it comes from you. You bring me on year by year, by your wonderful Providence, from youth to age, with the most perfect wisdom, and with the most perfect love."
— St. John Henry Cardinal Newman
Day by Day with Mary, the Mother of God
Imitate the virtues of the Blessed Virgin, particularly her profound humility, her lively faith, her blind obedience, and her continual prayer.
—St. Louis de Montfort
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Adam Booth, C.S.C.
O Jesus, treasure of our hearts, you are the light of the nations and illumine all darkness. Give us the grace to trust in your providential care that we may be filled with your light and live as children of light. We ask this through your most holy name. Amen.