Daily Thought from the Saints
"Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves."
— Pope St. John Paul II
Daily Scripture Verse
"Let us hold unwaveringly to our confession that gives us hope, for he who made the promise is trustworthy."
Hebrews 10:23
Daily Meditation
"We live in a fallen world. We must therefore work out our destiny under the conditions created by sin. Did we but realize this truth, we would accept each of life’s trying changes in the same spirit in which we accept the penance from the confessor. Were we truly convinced that our hope of pardon, and consequently our salvation, depends upon repentance, we would willingly undergo all the sufferings of life’s warfare."
— John A. Kane
Daily Catholic Wisdom
The Confucianist spirit led me to recognize the superiority, so very plain, of the Holy Roman Church, holding a treasure from which, from century to century, the believer draws riches ancient and new; a living treasure that, from century to century, increases and bears fruit.
—Dom Pierre-Célestin Lu, O.S.B. (Lu Zhengxiang)
from his book, “Ways of Confucius and of Christ”
A Prayer
Holy Cross Novices
Lord Jesus, you showed your overwhelming mercy in the parable of the good Samaritan. May we also be granted this same generosity of spirit so that we can extend your grace to our brothers and sisters in need. We ask this in your most holy name. Amen.
Rev. Kajubi Henry Senteza, C.S.C.
The Abbot’s Daily Lectio Divina - 2 Timothy 2:11-13
Abbot Austin Murphy, O.S.B., St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle, IL
Luke 10:25-27
Reading
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?” He said in reply, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
Meditation
We sometimes distort the teaching to love by reducing love to a feeling, to being nice, or to accepting, where “accepting” means never disagreeing with another about what is good for him. But love is wanting the other’s genuine good, even if the other wants to do what is not good for him. You cannot force the other to do what is good, but love can mean patiently disagreeing with the other and charitably offering a counterwitness.
Prayer
Help me to love as Christ loved, that is, even when it is difficult and disagreeable to do so. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Contemplation…