Monday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time (Canadian Thanksgiving)
God our creator, you gave us the earth to cultivate and the sun to serve our needs. Help us to spend this day for your glory and our neighbor’s good. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.
Daily Thought from the Saints
"We must faithfully keep what we have promised. If through human weakness we fail, we must always without delay arise again by means of holy penance, and give our attention to leading a good life and to dying a holy death. May the Father of all mercy, the Son by his holy passion, and the Holy Spirit, source of peace, sweetness and love, fill us with their consolation”!
— St. Colette
Daily Scripture Verse
"Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor. Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the holy ones, exercise hospitality."
Romans 12:9-13
Daily Meditation
"Others, again, seeing their own imperfections, become angry with themselves with an impatience that is not humble. They are so impatient with their shortcomings as if they would be saints in one day. Many of these make many grand resolutions, but, being self-confident and not humble, the more they resolve, the more they fall, and the more angry they become; not having the patience to wait for God’s time; this is also opposed to spiritual meekness. There is no perfect remedy for this but in the dark night. There are, however, some people who are so patient, and who advance so slowly in their spiritual progress, that God wishes they were not so patient."
— St. John of the Cross
Day by Day with Mary, the Mother of God
Yes, our guide is a strong column. [Mary] accompanies the new Israel, the church, in its pilgrimage towards the promised land through Christ our Lord. In this way, our Lady of the Pillar is a “flaming torch” and the “throne of glory.” She affirms the faith of the people who never tire of asking her in the Salve Regina: “show unto us the blessed fruit of your womb, Jesus.”
—Pope St. John Paul II
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Andrew Fritz, C.S.C.
Father in Heaven, as he was lifted high on the cross your son Jesus Christ gave us the ultimate sign of your love. Convert our hearts to rely on you. Deepen our faith, help us to carry our own crosses, so that we may place all our hope in your power to save. Amen.