Daily Thought from the Saints
"The blessed lady, Mother of our Savior, may well be called a morning, since before her there was none without sin. After her, the most clear sun Christ Jesus showed his light to the world."
— St. John Fisher
Daily Scripture Verse
"In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other."
Ecclesiastes 7:14a
Daily Meditation
"I call upon you, my God, my mercy, who made me, and did not forget me, although I forgot you. I call you into my soul, which you prepare to accept you by the longing that you breathe into it. Do not desert me now when I call upon you, for before I called upon you, you went ahead and helped me, and repeatedly you urged me on by many different words, so that from afar I would hear you, and be converted, and call upon you as you called to me."
— St. Augustine
Daily Catholic Wisdom
All true children of God have God for their father and Mary for their mother; anyone who does not have Mary for his mother, does not have God for his father.
—St. Louis de Montfort
from his book “True Devotion to Mary”
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Andrew Gawrych, C.S.C.
Lord, if we drink the cup each of us is poured and given in life, we know that we, your servants, just like the first disciples, will fare no better than you, our master. But if we shirk the cross in our lives, gone too will be our hope. Strengthen us to be faithful to our vocations that in serving rather than being served, we will find the dying and the rising equally assured. Amen.
The Abbot’s Daily Lectio Divina
Abbot Austin Murphy, O.S.B., St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle, IL
Mark 10:43-45
Reading
[Jesus said to the twelve,] “Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Meditation
Being the slave of all is a tough calling. Not all masters of slaves in the ancient world were kind or temperate toward their slaves. Some were harsh and even cruel. Being the slave to all would then suggest that in serving others for the sake of Christ one will meet harsh treatment from those one is trying to serve. Christ faced as much in His ministry to others and His disciples will have to face similar treatment at times.
Prayer
Help me to serve in love and truth even those who are harsh and cruel. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Contemplation…