Daily Thought from The Saints
“There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection.”
— Pope St. Gregory the Great
Daily Scripture Verse
“For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also justified; and those he justified he also glorified. What shall we say to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:29-31
Daily Meditation
“For want of contrition, innumerable confessions are either sacrilegious or invalid; the penitent so often breaks his promises to God, and falls again so easily into the same faults, and many souls are eternally lost. Contrition is that true and Lively sorrow which the soul has for all sins it has committed, with a firm determination never to commit to them anymore… many Christians spend a long time examining their consciences, and in making Long and often unnecessary narrations to the confessor, and then bestow little or no time upon considering the malice of their sins, and upon bewailing and detesting them. Christians such as these, says St. Gregory, act like a wounded man who shows his wounds to the doctor with the utmost anxiety and care, and then will not make use of the remedies prescribed. It is not so much thinking, nor so much speaking of your sins that will procure their pardon, but heartfelt sorrow and detestation of them.
— Fr. Ignatius of the side of Jesus
Daily Catholic Wisdom
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.
—St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. LeRoy Clementich, C.S.C.+
Father in heaven, from the days of Abraham and Moses until our own day, you have formed a people in the image of your Son. Bless your people with the gift of your kingdom. May we serve with our every desire and show love one for another even as you have loved us. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.