Daily Thought from The Saints
“Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing, but live otherwise, and your words will bring only cynical laughter and a derisive shake of the head.”
— St. Charles Borromeo
Daily Scripture Verse
“So we are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight.”
2 Corinthians 5:6-7
Daily Meditation
the will of God gives to all things a supernatural and divine value for the soul submitting to it. The duties it imposes, and those it contains, with all the matters over which it is diffused, become holy and perfect, because, being Unlimited in power, everything it touches shares its Divine character. … The entire virtue of all that is called holy is in its approximation to this order established by God; therefore nothing should be rejected, nothing sought after, but everything accepted that is ordained and nothing attempted contrary to the will of God. … When God requires action, sanctity is to be found in activity.
—Fr. Jean-Pierre De Caussade
Daily Catholic Wisdom
I am a cell within the Body of Christ, and I will only be spiritually alive and healthy insofar as I am one with Jesus. At the Last Supper, Jesus used the image of a vine and branches. A branch is dead unless the sap of the vine flows through it. So I am dead unless the Heart of Jesus pumps life into me.
—Fr. James Kubicki, S.J.
from his book, “A Year of Daily Offerings: Giving Your Life to God One Day at a Time”
A Prayer from Notre Dame University
Rev. Matthew Kuczora, C.S.C.
There is much in my life that is withered. How many relationships are unhealthy? How many times have I turned away from a chance to help? How many people do I truly open up to and offer myself for? Lord, help me to stretch out my hand, my heart and my entire being so that you can restore me to the fullness of love and health, generosity and openness. Amen.