September 3, 2025

Memorial of Pope St. Gregory the Great

Father, you guide your people with kindness and govern us with love. By the prayers of St. Gregory, give the spirit of wisdom to those you have called to lead your Church. May the growth of your people in holiness be the eternal joy of our shepherd. 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

“If then we have Angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also.”

— St. John Chrysostom

Daily Scripture Verse

“For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, ‘in returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.’”

Isaiah 30:15a

Daily Meditation

“I never found anyone so religious and devout as not to have sometimes a subtraction of grace, or feel a diminution of fervor. No Saint was ever so highly rapt and illuminated as not to be tempted sooner or later. For he is not worthy of the high contemplation of God who has not, for God’s sake, been exercised with some tribulation. For temptation going before is usually a sign of ensuing consolation. For heavenly comfort is promised to such as have been proved by temptation. To him that over cometh, saith the Lord, I will give to eat of the tree of life.”

— Thomas À Kempis

Day by Day with Mary

During the years of Jesus’ hidden life in the house at Nazareth, Mary’s life to is “hid with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3) through faith. For faith is contact with the mystery of God. Every day Mary is in constant contact with the ineffable mystery of God made man.

Pope St. John Paul II

A Prayer from Notre Dame University

Rev. Herb Yost, C.S.C.

Lord, in healing Simon’s mother-in-law, you restored his family. We need you to restore health to us and to our family and friends. Please guide us to do all we can to bring healing and comfort to our minds and bodies and to those we love. Remove our anxiety and give us that peace and hope that surpasses human understanding. Amen.