Posted: September 11, 2023
“Knowing our spiritual needs and even the temporal needs which are connected with our salvation, Mary is obviously impelled by her great charity to intercede for us.” –Father Reginald Garrigou-LaGrange, O.P. (+ 1964) Our Lady is very generous toward us because she truly, truly loves us so much. Intention: I praise You, Lord,
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Posted: September 10, 2023
“Personal prayer is, of course important, indeed indispensable, but the Lord guarantees his presence to the community — even if it is very small — which is united in agreement, because this reflects the very reality of the Triune God, perfect communion of love.” — Pope Benedict XVI (+ 2022) When we pray to
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Posted: September 9, 2023
“The Apostle Paul says that the whole Law of God finds fullness in love, so that in our relationships with others the Ten Commandments and every other precept are summed up in these words: Love your neighbor as yourself.” –Pope Benedict XVI (+ 2022) We have to say “YES” to all the things of love
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Posted: September 8, 2023
“Perhaps it was on old-fashioned faith. It centered for these people in the Church and the sacraments, in devotions and novenas and prayers. Perhaps it wasn’t too sophisticated… But it was a faith that had been tested and purified in the fire of constant low-keyed persecution, had been attacked and ridiculed by atheist propagandists on
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Posted: September 7, 2023
“How could you explain such faith in a country where atheism and fear were the order of the day? There was no explanation except the traditional one: such faith was a gift from God, as faith always is. God was a reality for these people, a reality they clung to and placed ahead of all
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Posted: September 6, 2023
“The Creator chose to become a creature, one with us like us, to be dependent on others, to need food to eat, clothes to wear, drink to quench his thirst, to need rest, to be tired like us… One with us in all things: Why? For love of us, with unconditional trust in the Father.”
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Posted: September 4, 2023
“He had come to give us the Good News of the tenderness and love of a Father — to whom we are precious because he has created us in his own likeness for greater things — to love and to be loved.” –Saint Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) (+ 1997) Jesus came down to
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Posted: September 4, 2023
“We renew our hope by contemplating that a Child has been given to us. [We] draw strength before the maternal warmth and fecundity of the Virgin. And we can also turn our gaze toward St. Joseph, the man who assumed paternal charge of the Child he did not sire. He inspires us to an ever
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Posted: September 3, 2023
“[God] much prefers us to accept [the cross] willingly and even to desire it because it is the only means that makes us like Christ crucified and therefore, in time, like Christ glorified. And if we are brave in taking it up, it becomes a burden of love.” –Father Bonaventure Perquin, O.P. (+1970) We
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Posted: September 2, 2023
“The cross has always been the symbol of God’s will because it is the symbol of the most perfect obedience that ever existed.” –Father Bonaventure Perquin, O.P. My obedience to God is what develops discipline in me, which helps to improve my life (as a side benefit of pleasing God!). Our Lady is also
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