October 30, 2026

Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

All-powerful Father, as now we bring you our songs of praise, so may we sing Your goodness in the company of Your saints forever. 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

"Don't spend your energies on things that generate worry, anxiety and anguish. Only one thing is necessary: Lift up your spirit, and love God."

— St. Padre Pio

Daily Scripture Verse

"In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised holy Spirit, which is the first installment of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s possession, to the praise of his glory."

Ephesians 1:13-14

Daily Meditation

"We should recall that no man is an island, entire of itself. Our lives are involved with one another, through innumerable interactions they are linked together. No one lives alone. No one sins alone. No one is saved alone. The lives of others continually spill over into mine: in what I think, say, and do, and achieve. And conversely, my life spills over into that of others: for better or for worse. So my prayer for another is not something extraneous to that person, something external, not even after death."

— Pope Benedict XVI

Daily Catholic Wisdom

Praise the Lord in His holy ones, say the Scriptures. If our Lord is to be praised in those holy ones through whom He brings to being deeds of power and miracles, how much more is He to be praised in her to whom He fashioned Himself, who is wonderful beyond all wonders.

—St. Aelred

A Prayer from Notre Dame University

Rev. Stephen Gibson, C.S.C.

Dear Lord, how would we speak and behave if we really believed you stood next to us? If we felt your eyes upon us and your confidence resting on us, would we change our opinions? To whom would we lend our voices and support? We never want to let you down, nor those who need us to defend them. Help us to bring your good news to the people we meet this day. Amen.