Posted: May 31, 2025
“The Spirit who calls to mind is called Paraclete. The word admits of a range of interpretations. Current versions put ‘Comforter,’ ‘Advocate,’ or, as above, ‘Counselor.’ These various readings reveal different shades of an experience of inner strengthening. The Spirit is the heart’s companion, the filler of our solitude.” –Bishop Erik Varden, O.C.S.O. Intention:
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Posted: May 30, 2025
“Christ reigns, sitting at the right hand of the Father; and he calls, he summons, he urges that his own receive the kingdom from him. Let every soul avid for his glory hurry to him, let it pursue such a king, that it may receive power from him….” –Saint Quodvultdeus of Carthage (+ 450)
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Posted: May 29, 2025
“The Christian glimpses Christ, worthy of total dedication, in his poor, small, suffering brother, where the mystical image of the heavenly Jesus, according to his divine word, is embodied in human, earthly suffering…. Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me. Thus Christ’s Ascension
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Posted: May 28, 2025
“The Ascension attracts and fixes the gaze of our souls toward this splendid and luminous figure of the Lord, who rises in the heavens…. How full of spiritual beauty [is the] real sacramental presence of that same Jesus, the Christ, Son of God and Son of Man, whose heavenly and eternal triumph the Church celebrates
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Posted: May 27, 2025
“[T]he Ascension cloud recalls the cloud that covered the Mount of Transfiguration, from which, Luke tells us, the Father’s voice announced, This is my beloved Son. It also points forward to the Lord’s definitive coming at the end of time. Again Luke gives us the very words of Jesus: Speaking of tribulations to come, he assures
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Posted: May 26, 2025
“Therefore, beloved people, while we are here living, let us ask mercy of God, so that he might send us out thus in the love of eternal life, that we might the more love the eternal homeland…and always think the more about the life to come than about the one we lead here.” –From the
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Posted: May 25, 2025
“So then, beloved people, we should strive in this present life even if it is not easy, with God helping us, so that we always do what is good and through that virtue gather fruit with joy and with happiness in the world to come, just as it is written in the psalm: They who sow
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Posted: May 24, 2025
“According to the rules of the fathers and ancient monks, whoever wishes to advance in perfection must hold the world in no reputation.” –Saint Philip Neri (+ 1595) Intention: I praise You, Lord, that You’re greater than any trouble I might encounter in life; You are bigger than any problem I could possibly have. Jesus,
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Posted: May 23, 2025
“We are there, as it were, on a mountain, and we regard our troubles as the dweller upon the mountain contemplates the storm sweeping over the plain. But we do not reach that height all at once; we have to arrive at it by stages. The thousand and one petty annoyances that each day brings
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Posted: May 22, 2025
“The faithful who keep themselves in a state of grace, or who see that they return to it without delay whenever necessary, possess in their souls God who is infinite Goodness. And it is his presence that keeps them in peace.” –Dom Augustin Guillerand, O. Cart. (+ 1945) Intention: I have my trust and
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