Monday of the 4th Week in Lent
O God, who renew the world through mysteries beyond all telling, grant, we pray, that your Church may be guided by your eternal design and not be deprived of your help in this present age. Grant this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.
Daily Thought from the Saints
"My prayer is that the good God may establish His absolute reign in your heart and in the hearts of all."
— St. Julie Billiart
Daily Scripture Verse
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it? "I the Lord search the mind and try the heart, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings."
Jeremiah 17:9-10
Daily Meditation
Jesus will turn your sorrow into joy. One can only imagine the shock and bewilderment the Apostles felt when the Lord told them he must go away. Though they could not understand it at the time, his departure was for their benefit. The same is true of the unexpected setbacks and tragedies we experience in this life . . . When I consider the times when I have been confounded by events that seemed so contrary to what I thought God wanted for me, I should be mindful that they were permitted by the Lord’s inscrutable providence for my own good, as difficult as that might be to fathom."
— Patrick Madrid
Day by Day with Mary, the Mother of God
Mary is the very fabric of our lives. Her “fiat” is our “fiat.” But we are not stupid enough to think that she only said one “fiat.” She said thousands. We know that instinctively because she didn’t understand, she believed. “Let it be done to me according to your word. Lord, speak, your servant is listening.”
Catherine Doherty
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Andrew Fritz, C.S.C.
Lord Jesus Christ, you are the word through whom all things came to be, and in whom all things live and move and receive new life. By your resurrection, transform the darkness of our minds. Let faith supply, where our senses fail. Take care of everything, for we surrender ourselves to you. Amen.