August 7, 2024

Daily Thought from the Saints

"When we go to confession, we ought to persuade ourselves to find Jesus Christ in the person of our confessor."

— St. Philip Neri

Daily Scripture Verse

"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple."

Luke 14:27

Daily Meditation

"Our Lord’s love shines out just as much through a little soul who yields completely to His Grace as it does through the greatest . . . Just as the sun shines equally on the cedar and the little flower, so the Divine Sun shines equally on everyone, great and small. Everything is ordered for their good, just as in nature the seasons are so ordered that the smallest daisy comes to bloom at its appointed time."

— St. Therese of Lisieux

Daily Catholic Wisdom

God invites us to become his children. He calls us to set out on the way, to leave the self-containment of our desires and interests, in order to go out and meet him and adore him. God restores meaning to our life; he himself is ‘the way, and the truth, and the life’ (Jn 14:6).

—Jean-Charles Nault, O.S.B.
from his book, “The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times”

A Prayer from Notre Dame University

Rev. LeRoy Clementich, C.S.C.+

Blessed are you, O Lord our God. Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, promised that people of all races or cultural backgrounds will be blessed in their persistent faith in your divine power and compassion. May we in our prayer also be so blessed as to receive those spiritual gifts that will assist us in giving you honor and glory. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.