Thursday of the Fourth Week in Easter, Optional Memorial of Pope St. Pius V
O God, who in Your providence raised up Pope St. Pius V in Your Church that the faith might be safeguarded and more fitting worship be offered to You, grant, through his intercession that we may participate in Your mysteries with lively faith and fruitful charity. 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
"Commitment is doing what you said you would do, after the feeling you said it in has passed."
— St. Camillus
Daily Scripture Verse
"If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions."
Matthew 6:14-15
Daily Meditation
"The soul, who is lifted by a very great and yearning desire for the honor of God and the salvation of souls, begins by exercising herself, for a certain space of time, in the ordinary virtues, remaining in the cell of self-knowledge, in order to know better the goodness of God towards her. This she does because knowledge must precede love, and only when she has attained love, can she strive to follow and to clothe herself with the truth. But, in no way, does the creature receive such a taste of the truth, or so brilliant a light therefrom, as by means of humble and continuous prayer, founded on knowledge of herself and of God; because prayer, exercising her in the above way, unites with God the soul that follows the footprints of Christ Crucified, and thus, by desire and affection, and union of love, makes her another Himself."
— St. Catherine of Siena
Day by Day with Mary, the Mother of God
O Virgin Mother of God, you who are always in his presence, speak good things about us to Him.
—Pope St. Pius V Missal
A Prayer
Rev. Bryan Williams, C.S.C.
Lord, we thank you for the gift of your Son and for his resurrection. Through his life, you have brought us new life. Illumine our hearts and our minds with the light of Christ that we may continue to profess our faith in him and receive him into our hearts. Amen.