Daily Thought from the Saints
"It is in the company of Jesus that you work for the glory of God."
— St. John Baptist de la Salle
Daily Scripture Verse
"In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ [Jesus] have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit. Let us not be conceited, provoking one another, envious of one another."
Galatians 5:22-26
Daily Meditation
"Whenever that sacrifice of Christ is memorialized in the Church, there is an application to a new moment in time and a new presence in space of the unique sacrifice of Christ Who is now in glory. In obeying His mandate, His followers would be representing in an unbloody manner that which He presented to His Father in the bloody sacrifice of Calvary. After changing the bread into His Body and the wine into His Blood: He gave it to them (Mark 14:22). By that communion they were made one with Christ, to be offered with Him, in Him, and by Him. All love craves unity. As the highest peak of love in the human order is the unity of husband and wife in the flesh, so the highest unity in the Divine order is the unity of the soul and Christ in communion."
— Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Daily Catholic Wisdom
See now the reason why it was expedient, not only for the apostles and disciples, but also for us, that he ascended, because no one would have cared about heaven, but rather, where [on earth] Christ would have been.
—St. Vincent Ferrer
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Herb Yost, C.S.C.
Like Peter, dear Jesus, you are calling us to let go of our protestations of loyalty, of our “I can do it” confidence. May it become inescapably clear to us that we can’t really do anything without your help, that we must serve others with the full, painful awareness of our own incapacity. The strength we will need comes only from you. Above all, help us to realize that all those we shepherd, care for, mentor, and guide are your flock, not ours. Amen.
The Abbot’s Daily Lectio Divina
Abbot Austin Murphy, O.S.B., St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle, IL
John 21:17-19
Reading
Jesus said to [Peter], “Feed my sheep. Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”
Meditation
All who follow Jesus experience something of what Jesus said of Peter, that he would be led ‘where you do not want to go.’ That is because we are all sometimes led into situations in which we would rather not be. In those cases we especially need to trust the Lord, that He knows what He is doing in allowing us to go through the difficult time. And in those moments we need to storm heaven, asking for His help to get us through the difficulty.
Prayer
Father, You know the future and guide the course of events. Do not lead me into trials, but when I must go through them, keep me in Your ways. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Contemplation…