Friday of the Second Week in Easter
O God, hope and light of the sincere, we humbly entreat you to dispose our hearts to offer you worthy prayer and ever to extol you by dutiful proclamation of your praise. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Daily Thought from the Saints
"It is not lengthy prayers, but generous deeds that touch God's heart."
— St. Arnold Janssen
Daily Scripture Verse
"Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee. Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock."
Isaiah 26:3-4
Daily Meditation
"Dearly beloved Mother, grant, if it is possible, that I may have no other spirit but yours to know Jesus and his divine will; that I may have no other soul but yours to praise and glorify the Lord; that I may have no other heart but yours to love God with a love as pure and passionate as yours. I do not ask you for visions, revelations, feelings of devotion, or spiritual pleasures. It is your privilege to see God clearly; it's your privilege to enjoy heavenly bliss; it's your privilege to triumph gloriously in heaven at the right hand of your Son and to hold absolute sway over angels, men, and demons; it is your privilege to dispose of all the gifts of God, just as you wish . . . The only grace I beg you to obtain for me is that every day and every moment of my life I may say: Amen, so be it, to all that you did while on earth; amen, so be it, to all that you are now doing in heaven; amen, so be it, to all that you are doing in my soul, so that you alone may fully glorify Jesus in me for time and eternity."
— St. Louis de Montfort
Day by Day with Mary, the Mother of God
The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model in Mary. It was in her womb that Christ was formed, receiving from her a human resemblance which points to an even greater spiritual closeness. No one has ever devoted himself to the contemplation of the face of Christ as faithfully as Mary.
—Pope St. John Paul II
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Jim Lies, C.S.C.
Lord, you fed the hungry crowd with five loaves and two fish, multiplying what seemed so little. In my family’s story and in the charism of Holy Cross, I have seen again and again how you take our meager offerings and make them more than enough. Teach us generosity, that we may share what we have with confidence in your abundance. And when we feel small or inadequate, remind us that you delight in using the ordinary to reveal your glory. Amen.