Daily Thought from the Saints
"He who seeks not the Cross of Christ seeks not the glory of Christ."
— St. John of the Cross
Daily Scripture Verse
"But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.""
Isaiah 43:1
Daily Meditation
"Oh, how painful it is to Me that souls so seldom unite themselves to Me in Holy Communion. I wait for souls, and they are indifferent toward Me. I love them tenderly and sincerely, and they distrust Me. I want to lavish My graces on them, and they do not want to accept them. They treat Me as a dead object, whereas My Heart is full of love and mercy. In order that you may know at least some of My pain, imagine the most tender of mothers who has great love for her children, while those children spurn her love. Consider her pain. No one is in a position to console her. This is but a pale image and likeness of My love."
— Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska
Daily Catholic Wisdom
Consider the quiet intimacy Mary shared with Jesus for the better part of a year, before anyone else had glimpsed his face. She carried him under her heart. She felt his quickening, Life itself becoming life in the flesh. This is a special kind of knowing only a pregnant woman can experience: the paradox of loving a person that one has never seen or touched but is also somehow always touching, in a mysterious and veiled way. This is not unlike the experience of faith; we see now darkly, through the veil, what we will one day see face-to-face.
—Abigail Favale, Ph.D.
from her book, “Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion”
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Brendan J. McAleer, C.S.C.
God of love and life, you were handed over to men to be tortured and killed, but death was not the end. You rose on the third day. We know that throughout our lives there are times of resurrection but also times of grief. Help each of us, our families, and those we love to never forget the promise of your resurrection. We ask that you continue to send us saintly women and men who are witnesses of your rising so that we may be inspired to grow into the saints that you are calling us to be. Amen.