October 9, 2025

Memorial of St. Denis and Companions

Father, you sent St. Denis and his companions to preach your glory to the nations, and you gave them the strength to be steadfast in their sufferings for Christ. Grant that we may learn from their example to reject the power and wealth of this world and to brave all earthly trials. 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

"Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves."

— Pope St. John Paul II

Daily Scripture Verse

"Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy."

Hebrews 10:23

Daily Meditation

"We live in a fallen world. We must therefore work out our destiny under the conditions created by sin. Did we but realize this truth, we would accept each of life’s trying changes in the same spirit in which we accept the penance from the confessor. Were we truly convinced that our hope of pardon, and consequently our salvation, depends upon repentance, we would willingly undergo all the sufferings of life’s warfare."

— John A. Kane

Day by Day with Mary, the Mother of God

Who could have given me our Lord but the Virgin Mary? It was easy to pray to her, repetitious though it may seem. Saying the rosary as I did so often, I felt that I was praying with the people of God, as to a lifeline.

Dorothy Day

A Prayer from Notre Dame University

Rev. Herb Yost, C.S.C.

Father, sometimes we get discouraged and cynical. Deep down, we know that despite our expectations, somehow and in some way, you must be answering our prayers. May the Spirit help us to look more closely at the gospel and see how you really answer prayer. Amen.