28 June 2025
The Prayer of Jesus is said like this: Lord Jesus Christ, son of God,
have mercy on me, a sinner. Originally it was said without the addition of the
word sinner: this word was added to the other words of the prayer later. This
word, remarks Saint Nil Sorsky, which implies a consciousness and confession of
the fall, is fitting for us and pleasing to God who has commanded us to offer
prayers in acknowledgement and confession of our sinfulness.
Saint Ignatius
Brianchaninov
Trust In God
27 June 2025
Continue to trust in God. Do you think that the God who takes care to provide food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth – which neither sow nor reap – will ever forget to provide all that is necessary for the one who trusts wholly in His Providence, seeing that we are capable of being united to God, our sovereign good?
Saint Francis de Sales
Continue to trust in God. Do you think that the God who takes care to provide food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth – which neither sow nor reap – will ever forget to provide all that is necessary for the one who trusts wholly in His Providence, seeing that we are capable of being united to God, our sovereign good?
Saint Francis de Sales
The Grace of God
26 June 2025
When the grace of God comes to us we can do all things, but when it leaves us, we become poor and weak, abandoned, as it were, to affliction. Yet, in this condition we should not become dejected or despair. On the contrary, we should calmly await the will of God and bear whatever befalls us in praise of Jesus Christ; for after winter comes the summer, after night comes the day, and after the storm, a great calm.
Thomas a Kempis
When the grace of God comes to us we can do all things, but when it leaves us, we become poor and weak, abandoned, as it were, to affliction. Yet, in this condition we should not become dejected or despair. On the contrary, we should calmly await the will of God and bear whatever befalls us in praise of Jesus Christ; for after winter comes the summer, after night comes the day, and after the storm, a great calm.
Thomas a Kempis
On the Spiritual Life
25 June 2025
There is a little secret in the spiritual life: The more the heart gives thanks, the more God gives, even when life isn’t perfect, even when we don’t have everything we need or want. The more we thank God, the more our heart is open to receive even more of his mercy and his gifts.
Jacques Philippe
There is a little secret in the spiritual life: The more the heart gives thanks, the more God gives, even when life isn’t perfect, even when we don’t have everything we need or want. The more we thank God, the more our heart is open to receive even more of his mercy and his gifts.
Jacques Philippe
On Grace
24 June 2025
Grace is from God, and works in the depth of the soul whose powers it employs. It is a light which issues forth to do service under the guidance of the Spirit. The Divine Light permeates the soul, and lifts it above the turmoil of temporal things to rest in God. The soul cannot progress except with the light which God has given it as a nuptial gift; love works the likeness of God into the soul.
Meister Eckhart
Grace is from God, and works in the depth of the soul whose powers it employs. It is a light which issues forth to do service under the guidance of the Spirit. The Divine Light permeates the soul, and lifts it above the turmoil of temporal things to rest in God. The soul cannot progress except with the light which God has given it as a nuptial gift; love works the likeness of God into the soul.
Meister Eckhart
On Marriage
23 June 2025
But if a man and a woman marry in order to be companions on the journey through earth to heaven, then their union will bring great joy to themselves and to others.
Saint John Chrysostom
But if a man and a woman marry in order to be companions on the journey through earth to heaven, then their union will bring great joy to themselves and to others.
Saint John Chrysostom
On Humility
22 June 2025
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Saint Augustine
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Saint Augustine
On Love
20 June 2025
Nothing sweeter than love, nothing stronger or higher or wider, nothing is more pleasant, nothing fuller, and nothing better in heaven or on earth, for love is born of God and cannot rest except in God.
Thomas à Kempis
Nothing sweeter than love, nothing stronger or higher or wider, nothing is more pleasant, nothing fuller, and nothing better in heaven or on earth, for love is born of God and cannot rest except in God.
Thomas à Kempis
Our Own Worst Enemy
18 June 2025
There is no doubt that at times we ourselves can be our own worst enemies. Maybe it’s because our self-love makes us see little mosquitoes as if they were elephants, or perhaps it might be that we lack submission to the will of God. I do know that this happens when we neglect prayer, mortification, and humility, but if we ask Our Lord for these virtues, we will receive them. I want you to be happy, at peace in all circumstances of your life, offering Our Lord your sorrows and your joys because everything comes from His loving hand for the good of our souls.
Blessed Luisitia Josefa
There is no doubt that at times we ourselves can be our own worst enemies. Maybe it’s because our self-love makes us see little mosquitoes as if they were elephants, or perhaps it might be that we lack submission to the will of God. I do know that this happens when we neglect prayer, mortification, and humility, but if we ask Our Lord for these virtues, we will receive them. I want you to be happy, at peace in all circumstances of your life, offering Our Lord your sorrows and your joys because everything comes from His loving hand for the good of our souls.
Blessed Luisitia Josefa
On Business
17 June 2025
If you don’t have time to pray and read the scriptures, you are busier than God ever intended you to be.
Matthew Kelly
If you don’t have time to pray and read the scriptures, you are busier than God ever intended you to be.
Matthew Kelly
Holy Will
16 June 2025
Lord Jesus, without reserve, without an if, without a but, without exception, without limitation, may thy holy will be done in all things, at all times.
Saint Francis de Sales
Lord Jesus, without reserve, without an if, without a but, without exception, without limitation, may thy holy will be done in all things, at all times.
Saint Francis de Sales
God is Faithful
15 June 2025
Even here amidst trials and temptations let us, let all men, sing
alleluia. God is faithful, says holy Scripture, and he will not allow you to be
tried beyond your strength. So let us sing alleluia, even here on earth. Man is
still a debtor, but God is faithful. Scripture does not say that he will not
allow you to be tried, but that he will not allow you to be tried beyond your
strength. Whatever the trial, he will see your through it safely, and so enable
you to endure. You have entered upon a time of trial but you will come to no
harm – God’s help will bring you through it safely. You are like a piece of
pottery, shaped by instruction, fired by tribulation. When you are put into the
oven therefore, keep your thoughts on the time when you will be taken out again;
for God is faithful, and he will guard both your going in and your coming out.
Saint Augustine
The Cross
14 June 2025
Truly this symbol [the Cross] is thought despicable; but it is so in the world’s reckoning, and among men; in Heaven and among the faithful it is the highest glory.
Saint John Chrysostom
Truly this symbol [the Cross] is thought despicable; but it is so in the world’s reckoning, and among men; in Heaven and among the faithful it is the highest glory.
Saint John Chrysostom
Grace
13 June 2025
What is impossible for humans is possible for God: ‘Caritas omnia sperat’ – ‘Love hopes for everything’. God loves and can do anything. God respects the freedom God gave to humankind but God does not hold back when freely giving graces. God’s grace can be such that it overturns all obstacles and brings the calm after the storm. Let us know how to obtain powerful graces from the one who said: ‘Ask and you shall receive‘ and ‘When two or more of you are gathered in prayer, I am among you.’
Blessed Charles De Foucauld
What is impossible for humans is possible for God: ‘Caritas omnia sperat’ – ‘Love hopes for everything’. God loves and can do anything. God respects the freedom God gave to humankind but God does not hold back when freely giving graces. God’s grace can be such that it overturns all obstacles and brings the calm after the storm. Let us know how to obtain powerful graces from the one who said: ‘Ask and you shall receive‘ and ‘When two or more of you are gathered in prayer, I am among you.’
Blessed Charles De Foucauld
Humility
11 June 2025
Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less.
CS Lewis
Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less.
CS Lewis
Repentance
9 June 2025
Repentance brings an intense desire for God, deep gratitude, and a growth in self-awareness that increases our freedom to love.
Anthony de Mello
Repentance brings an intense desire for God, deep gratitude, and a growth in self-awareness that increases our freedom to love.
Anthony de Mello
The Holy Spirit
8 June 2025
Thus also we who are baptized, having wiped off the sins which obscure the light of the Divine Spirit, have the eye of the spirit free, unimpeded, and full of light, by which alone we contemplate the Divine, the Holy Spirit flowing down to us from above.
Clement of Alexandria
Thus also we who are baptized, having wiped off the sins which obscure the light of the Divine Spirit, have the eye of the spirit free, unimpeded, and full of light, by which alone we contemplate the Divine, the Holy Spirit flowing down to us from above.
Clement of Alexandria
The Story of Jesus
7 June 2025
The story of Jesus is to be proclaimed and celebrated. Some will hear and rejoice, some will remain indifferent, some will become hostile. The story of Jesus will not always be accepted, but it must be told.
Henri Nouwen
The story of Jesus is to be proclaimed and celebrated. Some will hear and rejoice, some will remain indifferent, some will become hostile. The story of Jesus will not always be accepted, but it must be told.
Henri Nouwen
Counting On God
6 June 2025
We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
Saint Augustine
We count on God’s mercy for our past mistakes, on God’s love for our present needs, on God’s sovereignty for our future.
Saint Augustine
The Divine Service
4 June 2025
The divine service involves us in a regular act of pilgrimage from earth to heaven and back again. There are two sides to that journey. With Christ we travel from our earthly homes to our holy place of worship, the assembly of the saints in the presence of God. Then we return along the same way from that heavenly place to our earthly location. Yet our journey along the holy way does not end when we come home; the triune God goes with us his holy people everywhere in our daily lives. That is why he commissions us as his priests at the end of the service to bring his love and his blessings to the people that we meet as we go about our ordinary business.
John W. Kleinig
The divine service involves us in a regular act of pilgrimage from earth to heaven and back again. There are two sides to that journey. With Christ we travel from our earthly homes to our holy place of worship, the assembly of the saints in the presence of God. Then we return along the same way from that heavenly place to our earthly location. Yet our journey along the holy way does not end when we come home; the triune God goes with us his holy people everywhere in our daily lives. That is why he commissions us as his priests at the end of the service to bring his love and his blessings to the people that we meet as we go about our ordinary business.
John W. Kleinig
On the Elderly
3 June 2025
The elderly have a rich storehouse of memories, and inner landscape to explore: times lost in idleness, opportunities well used, a fulfilling career, children grown up and suffering gone through with dignity and courage.
Saint Augustine
The elderly have a rich storehouse of memories, and inner landscape to explore: times lost in idleness, opportunities well used, a fulfilling career, children grown up and suffering gone through with dignity and courage.
Saint Augustine
Holy Scripture
2 June 2025
This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally, without writing, but later, not by any human counsel but by the will of God, they handed it on in the Scriptures.
Martin Chemnitz
This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally, without writing, but later, not by any human counsel but by the will of God, they handed it on in the Scriptures.
Martin Chemnitz
The Visitation of God
1 June 2025
When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
Thomas à Kempis
When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
Thomas à Kempis
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