2025-08-18T00:00:00
Well done, good and faithful servant......Come and share your master's joy.
Reflection.
In God's house we must try to accept whatever job He gives us: cook, kitchen boy, waiter, stable boy or baker. For we know that our reward depends not on the job itself but on the faithfulness with which we serve God.
--Pope John Paul I--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, help me to accept the task You have given me to do in life. Let me be faithful to it all my days and be able to attain Your eternal reward in heaven.
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2025-08-19T00:00:00
You are my children, for whom I am enduring a mother's pain again, until Christ is formed in you.
Reflection.
There is only one reason for us to be living on earth. We are to bear, manifest, sanctify, glorify, and cause to live and reign in us the name, life, qualities and perfections, dispositions, and inclinations, and virtues and actions of Jesus.
--St. John Eudes--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, impress upon mind and heart that I must be conformed to Your Son in all things. Let me imitate Him so completely that I may truly be "another Christ."
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2025-08-20T16:52:04
Keep hold of .....a good conscience. Some people have let that go and have had their faith ruined.
Reflection.
A good conscience is a treasure of riches. Indeed, what greater riches can there be--or what can be sweeter--than a good conscience?
--St. Bernard--
Prayer.
All-knowing God, let me be able to stand in Your presence with a good conscience. Help me to avoid anything that would sully my conscience and do all I can to remain united with You.
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2025-08-21T17:02:10
You are now in anguish, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one shall deprive you of your joy.
Reflection.
Catholics are part of the Church Militant. They struggle and they suffer for the triumph of Christ. They must never lose sight of their Divine Model, so that their trials will be turned into joy.
--St. Pius X--
Prayer.
Jesus, Lord of Sorrows, enable me to struggle and suffer in union with You. Let me keep ever before me the joy that will follow upon those passings sufferings.
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2025-08-22T17:10:07
My fruit is better than gold, yes, even the finest gold, and my produce than choice silver.
Reflection.
Mary is the stem of the beautiful flower on which the Holy Spirit rests with the fullness of His gifts. Hence, those who want to obtain the seven gifts of the Spirit must seek the flower of the Holy Spirit on the stem [Mary]. We go to Jesus through Mary, and through Jesus we find the grace of the Holy Spirit.
--St Bonaventure--.
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, You made Mary the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. Help me through Mary and Jesus to reach the Spirit and obtain His surpassing gifts.
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2025-08-23T17:18:56
In Christ we have redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of His grace that He lavished on us.
Reflection.
If only we would learn how great it is to possess divine grace and how many riches it has within itself, how many joys and delights. We would devote all our concern to winning for ourselves pains and afflictions in order to attain the unfathomable treasure of grace.
-- St. Rose of Lima. --
Prayer.
God of all goodness, keep ever in my mind the surpassing riches of Your grace. Grant that I may devote all my efforts to cooperating with that grace and growing in it day by day.
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2025-08-24T17:31:04
God saw fit to reveal His Son to me, so that I might preach the Good News about Him to the Gentiles
Reflection.
No matter where you may be or where you may be working, make sure the world will be renewed upon contact with you. Make the Lord more present to human beings and the Gospel more known and loved by them.
-- Pope Paul VI --
Prayer.
Heavenly father, teach me to imitate Your divine Son in my life. Grant that by my presence as well as by my deeds, I may bring Christ and His message to everyone I meet.
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2025-08-25T18:03:02
The servant of the Lord .... must be able to to teach, gently instructing those who oppose him.
Reflection.
All who undertake to teach must be endowed with deep love, the greatest patience, and most of all, profound humility. They must perform their work with earnest zeal. Then, through their humble prayers, the Lord will find them worthy to become fellow workers with Him in the cause of truth..
--St. Louis--
Prayer.
Dear Lord, help me to teach others about you by me example as well as my words. Grant that I may spread Your truth and Your light wherever I go.
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2025-08-26T18:12:18
Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Reflection.
We must never fail to thank our Lord after we have received some sign of goodness, some benefit from Him. For God loves grateful hearts and heaps blessings on them.
-- St Mary Euphrasia --
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, thank you for all the graces and blessings You have bestowed on me from birth. Help me to show my gratitude by using all Your gifts for Your glory and the betterment of human beings.
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2025-08-27T19:42:30
The life I am now living...I am living by faith in the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me.
Reflection.
The crucifix is an open bool that all can read. The crucifix is an infinite declaration of love.
--St. Catherine of Siena--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus Christ, inspire me to read the Crucifix often. Grant that I may return thanks and love to You for Your great love for me.
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2025-08-28T00:00:00
Let us love not with words or lips only but in deed and truth.
Reflection.
Love, and do what you will. If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love. If you censure, censure out of love. If you forbear, forbear out of love. Put love in your heart. Nothing but good can spring from that source.
-- St. Augustine--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, grant me the gift of Your love so that whatever I do I may do out of that love. Let me love, and do what I will--that is, love in deed and in truth.
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2025-08-29T20:04:05
you will be given power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; then you will be My witnesses...to the very ends of the earth.
Reflection.
The holy People of God share in Christ's prophetic office. They spread abroad a living witness to Him, especially by means of a life of faith and love by offering to God a sacrifice of praise.
--Vatican II: The Church, no. 12--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to share in Your prophetic office through the Spirit. Let my life bear witness to You and bring peoples true knowledge of Your Name.
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2025-08-30T00:00:00
Suddenly, a great storm came up on the lake, so...that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping....
Reflection.
It is impossible to go through life without trials, because trials are the natural proofs of faith. Like watchful mariners, we should be sure to awaken the Pilot of our ship. Those who allow themselves to be over-come by fear while in the company of Jesus deserve to be reproached by Him. For all who are united with Him cannot perish.
--St. Ambrose--
Prayer.
Jesus, in every trial let me come to you with confidence. Make me realize that you are always present and ready to respond to my call.
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2025-08-31T13:55:47
He told them a parable about the need for them to pray always and never to lose heart.
Reflection.
Pray always--here is what these words mean: Either prayer must always be on our lips to ask for some grace. Or it must be in our heart in the desire for this grace. Or it must be in our works, which are a preparation for efficacious prayer.
--St. Bonaventure--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, teach me the value of praying always. Grant that every event of my life may be the occasion for praying---with my lips, my heart, or my works.
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2025-09-01T14:31:16
They devoted themselves to the apostles' instruction and the communal life, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Reflection.
When the Church prays in her Liturgy it is Christ Who prays. For the Church prays in Christ, and Christ prays in the Church: the Body prays in the Head, and the Head in the Body.
--St. Augustine--
Prayer.
Glorious Lord, help me to pray the Liturgy in union with Christ for Your glory. At every Eucharist, let me consciously adore and thank You, make reparation to You, and present my petitions before you.
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2025-09-02T14:57:43
It is better to be childless but virtuous, for in the memory of virtue there is immortality
Reflection.
Just as the stars are the ornament of the firmament, so the virtues are the ornament and the light of the soul. Virtue is, so to speak, heaven in our heart.
---St John Climacus---
Prayer.
All-holy God, grant me the grace to attain the Christian virtues. Let my whole life revolve around them in such a way that I may also radiate them to others.
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2025-09-03T15:11:34
Since the creation of the world...God's eternal power and divine nature have become visible, being understood through the things He has made.
Reflection.
God is within all things, but not included; outside all things, but not excluded. God is above all things, but not beyond their reach.
--St. Gregory the Great--
Prayer.
Lord of creation, grant me the grace to see you in all things and in all places on earth. Help me to seek and reach You in all the events I experiencee and all the persons I encounter every day of my life.
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2025-09-04T00:00:00
Each one has own special gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
Reflection.
All the faithful of every state and condition are armed with a great deal of wondrous means of salvation. They are thus called by the Lord---each in his or her own way--- to attain that perfection of holiness with which the heavenly Father is perfect.
--Vatican II: Constitution on the Church No. 11--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, help me to be holy in the way that You have laid out for me. Let me carry out the duties of my state in life to the full and so attain the holiness proper to me.
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2025-09-05T00:00:00
The Lord chastises those who worship Him as a means of admonition.
Reflection.
Suffering out of love for God is a signal favor, but we do not realize this. For we thank God for prosperity and take no heed that afflictions would be a much better grace.
--St. Joseph of Cupertino--
Prayer.
Compassionate Lord, teach me to regard all suffering as something allowed by You to make me more like Your Son Jesus. Help me to accept in this light whatever suffering may come to me.
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2025-09-06T12:03:11
It has not yet been disclosed what we are to be. We know that when it is made known, we shall be like him.
Reflection.
To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therfore to be transformed into God.
--St. John of the Cross--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, grant me Your grace to love You and to be ever more like You day after day. Enable me at the end of my life to be totally conformed to You and to see You as You are.
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2025-09-07T13:56:27
Come away with me, by yourselves, to a deserted place and rest a while.
Reflection.
Whosoever looks into murky and and agiated waters cannot see his own countenance. If you want the face of Christ to appear in your countenance, pause, recollect your thoughts in silence, and shut the door of the soul to the noise of exterior things.
--St. Anthony of Padua--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, teach me to pause often during my active life and recollect myself. Let me put away the problems of life and commune with You in prayer and meditation.
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2025-09-08T14:24:00
Forsake her not, and she will watch over you; love her, and she will protect you.
Reflection.
Go to Mary and sing her praises, and you will be enlightened. For it is through her that the true Light shines on the sea of this life.
--St. Ildephonsus--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to have recourse often to Your holy Mother Mary. Grant that she may obtain from You all the graces I need to serve You in this world and give eternal/ glory to You in the next.
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2025-09-09T00:00:00
I seek to do not My own Will but the Will of Him Who sent Me.
Reflection.
What good is it for you to give God one thing when He asks for something else? Discover what God wants and do it. Your heart will be happier than if your own desire had been fulfilled.
--St. John of the Cross--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, let me strive---through constant prayer and careful reflection---to know Your Will for me. Then help me to offer You what You desire rather than what I want.
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2025-09-10T15:15:43
You are merciful to all,...and You overlook people's sins so that they may repent.
Reflection.
Our Lord bowed His head at death, so that He might give the kiss of peace to His beloved ones. And we give a kiss to God every time our heart is filled with repentance and love.
--St. Augustine
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, by Your death and Resurrection You take away the sins of the world. Grant me true repentance for all my sins and a firm resolution never more to commit them.
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2025-09-11T15:34:40
Whover eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood dwells in Me and I dwell in him.
Reflection.
If we were to receive the Most Blessed Sacrement with great faith and ardent love, it would take only one reception for us to become spiritually rich. By the same token, what an incalculable spiritual effect would a large number of such devout Communions have on us!
--St. Theresa of Avila--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to receive You in Communion with ever more faith and love. Let me strive to obtain the greatest spiritual benefits possible from each reception of the Blessed Sacrament.
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2025-09-12T15:54:01
[Share] your bread with the hungary, and bring the homeless poor into your house.
Reflection.
Deprive yourself of some part of your substance, and give it wholeheartedly to the poor. God will restore it to you not only in the next life but even in the present one. Love the poor, and be happy to associate with them often.
--St. Francis de Sales--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, help me to give some part of whatever I possess to those who have less. Let me strive to give help in any way I can to those who are less fortunate than I am.
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2025-09-13T16:05:26
It is [Christ] Who is Head of the Body, the Church.
Reflection.
Never separate yourself from the Church. No institution has the power of the Church. The Church is your hope. The Church is your salvation. The Church is your refuge.
--St. John Chrysostom--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, grant me the grace to adhere to the Church all my life. Let me encounter You in her Sacrements on earth and so possess eternal lift with You in heaven.
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2025-09-14T16:11:11
Anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
Reflection.
The cross is the greatest gift God could bestow on His Elect on earth. There is nothing so necessary, so beneficial, so sweet, or so glorious as to suffer something for Jesus. If you suffer as you ought, the cross will become a precious yoke that Jesus will carry with you.
--St. Louis Grignion de Montfort--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, impress upon me that without a cross on earth there will be no crown in heaven. Help me to bear my cross daily for You as You bore Your Cross for me and all human beings.
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2025-09-15T12:19:30
Standing near the cross of Jesus [was] His Mother.
Reflection.
During the entire course of her lfe, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, never deviated in the slightest from the precepts and examples of her Divine Son. This was true both in the most sweet joys Mary experienced and in the cruel sufferings she underwent, which made her the Queen of Martyrs.
--Pope Pius XII--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, in all my sorrows let me imitate the fidelity of Your holy Mother. And through her intercession grant me Your consolation here and eternal joy in heaven.
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2025-09-16T12:32:18
Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Reflection.
We must carry out the Will of God rather than our own. Thhis is what we pledge to do in the "Our Father," which we recite every day. What a travesty it would be if after praying that God's Will be done we should carry out that Will halfheartedly and only because we are obliged to do so!
--St. Cyprian of Carthage--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, let me curb my own desires and strive to discover Your Will for me. Help me to do that Will wholeheartedly in all things, for You have my best interests at heart.
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2025-09-17T12:42:45
Make every effort to ensure your salvation.
Reflection.
You have been created for the glory of God and your own eternal salvation. ...This is your goal; this is the center of your life; this is the treasure of your heart. If you reach this goal, you will find happiness. If you fail to reach it, you will find misery.
--St. Robert Bellarmine--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, teach me to do everything for Your honor and glory. Grant me the grace to work out my salvation with anxious concern each day of my life.
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2025-09-18T12:49:35
How slow [you are] to believe all that the Prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into His glory?
Reflection.
Christ's love and obedience had abased Him to the death of the Cross. Therefore, Christ was raised by God to the glory of the Resurrection.
--St. Thomas Aquinas--
Prayer.
Lord of glory, stamp indelibly on my mind that without the Cross there is no crown. Help me to fashion an eternal crown of glory out of the little crosses that come my way each day.
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2025-09-19T12:57:15
Turn away from your wicked ways and from your wicked deeds.
Reflection.
Let us brace ourselves with strong energy against the incitements of evil habits. By doing so, we can often turn those evil habits to the account of virtue.
--St. Gregory the Great--
Prayer.
Almighty God, let me be ever mindful that You can draw good out of evil. Help me to fight against my evil tendencies and turn them into occasions for strengthening virtues.
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2025-09-20T11:52:03
Look at the rainbow and praise its Maker; it glows with a surpassing beauty.
Reflection.
Whenever our eyes feast on a spectacular scene--such as a magnificent landscape, or a splendid sunset, or a beautiful star-studded sky--let us realize that it is only a pale reflection of the Divine Beauty. Let us then bless the Lord as being the source of all good.
--St. Theresa of Avila--
Prayer.
Almighty Creator, teach me to appreciate the wondrous things You have made. Grant me the grace to see You in each of them and give You the praise and glory owed You.
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2025-09-21T12:00:43
The word of the Lord will last forever. That word is the Gospel that has been preached to you.
Reflection.
Everything that Christ willed to have us read about His actions and words, He caused to be written down by the Evangelists as if by His own hands. Thus, readers of the Gospels will receive what is told them as if they saw the Lord Himself writing it with His own hand.
--St. Augustine--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to see the Gospel as Your word to me today. Grant me the grace to meditate on it daily and to live my life in accord with its teachings.
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2025-09-22T12:12:50
From Christ the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
Reflection.
The foundation and origin of the whole apostolate of the Church is Christ, sent by the Father. Hence, it is evident that the fruitfulness of the apostolate of the laity depends on the vital union with Christ.
--Vatican II: Laity, 4--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to be a contributing member of Your Mystical Body on earth. Let everything I do be done in union with You and serve to build up Your Body.
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2025-09-23T12:21:12
In this is love, ... that [God] loved us and sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins.
Reflection.
God's love for us has no equal. It infinitely surpasses the love nature has imprinted in the hearts of parents. We can be certain that whatever such a Father sends us is for our good.
--St. Alphonsus Rodriguez--
Prayer.
Loving Father, let me believe firmly in Your love for me despite all the trials that may come my way. Help me to cling to the thought that You want only what is best for my eternal welfare.
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2025-09-24T12:51:42
Gain the friendship of your neighbor while he is poor.
Reflection.
Every virtue can attract the friendship of others to us. For every virtue is a good, and anything good is lovable to all and renders lovable all who possess it. Friendship blossoms, grows, and is strengthened in the measure that virtue develops.
--St. Thomas Aquinas--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, our true Friend, help me to cultivate virtues and so gain friends. In turn, let my friends also pursue virtues--making our friendship closer and bringing us all into Your eternal Friendship in heaven.
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2025-09-25T16:56:05
May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith.
Reflection.
Bear Christ in heart, mind, and will. Bear Him in your mind by His teaching. Bear Him in your will by your observance of the Law. Bear Him in your heart by the Holy Eucharist.
--Pope Pius XII--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, let me be a true bearer of Christ, Your Son, by doing always the things that are pleasing to Him. Help me to bear witness to Him in the world for the salvation of souls.
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2025-09-26T17:02:39
The love of Christ compels us.
Reflection.
The Holy Eucharist does not merely place within us the habits of grace and virtue. It also impels us to act, in accordance with the words of St. Paul the Apostle:"The love of God compels us."
--St. Thomas Aquinas--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, with every Communion that I receive let me be geared toward Christian action. Help me to cooperate with Your grace and practice all the virtues.
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2025-09-27T17:08:44
When profound silence encompassed all things. . . Your all-powerful Word leapt from Your royal throne in heaven.
Reflection.
Silence exists so that we might speak to God. And it is in silence that God communicates His graces to us.
--St. Vincent de Paul--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, teach me to appreciate the value of silence in my life. Let me set aside a few silent moments each day for thinking about You and speaking with You.
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2025-09-28T17:15:30
There will. . . be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
Reflection.
Nothing makes God happier than a person's amendment of life, conversion, and salvation. This is why He sent His only Son to this earth.
--St. Gregory Nazianzen--
Prayer.
Holy God, help me to amend my life constantly and be sincerely converted to You. Let me seek Your interests rather than my own and be ever more closely united with You.
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2025-09-29T17:22:38
The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a Virgin.
Reflection.
Angels take different earthly forms at the bidding of their master, God. They thus reveal themselves to human beings and unveil the Divine Mysteries to them.
--St. John Damascene--
Prayer.
God of all Wisdom, You direct the ministry of angels and of human beings. Grant that the angels who always minister to You in heaven may defend us during our life on earth.
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2025-09-30T17:55:23
You have not yet resisted unto death in your struggle with sin.
Reflection.
Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life.
--St. Jerome--
Prayer.
Dear Lord, let me offer You all my daily struggles against sin and evil. Grant me the strength to resist even to the shedding of blood if it should be required of me.
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2025-10-01T18:48:07
Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.
Reflection.
The true and only glory is the glory that will last forever. In order to attain it, we do not need to do spectacular deeds. We need merely hide ourselves from the eyes of others and even from ourselves.
--St. Theresa of the Child Jesus--
Prayer.
God of glory, impress on me the value of humility as a means of attaining true glory. Help me to humble myself in my own eyes as well as in the eyes of all.
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2025-10-02T18:56:04
He will give His Angels charge over you, to guard you in all your ways.
Reflection.
The Angels are the shepherds of our souls. Not content with bringing our messages to God, they also bring God's messages to us. They nourish our souls with their delightful inspirations as well as their Divine communications.
--St. John of the Cross--
Prayer.
Lord of the heavenly hosts, let Your Angels ever watch over me in this life. Grant that they may also bring my prayers befopre You and confer Your grace upon me.
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2025-10-03T19:04:59
If we love one another God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Reflection.
The love that we bear toward creatures must be a spiritual one and founded on God alone. Then the love of God will grow in our souls to the same extent that our love grows. The more our hearts remember our neighbor, the more they will also recall God. These two loves grow side by side.
--St. John of the Cross--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, increase my love for You every day. At the same time, let this love overflow into love for all other people in the world, who have been created and blessed by You.
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2025-10-04T19:13:11
Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before Him with joyous song.
Reflection.
Do you want to know one of the best ways to win over people and lead them to God? It consists in giving them joy and making them happy.
--St. Francis of Assisi--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, grant me Your grace to serve You with gladness. Then enable me to lead others to You through the joy and gladness that I dispense to them.
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2025-10-05T19:19:14
A person who is patient is better than a warrior; and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.
Reflection.
Human beings must have patience with one another. And the good people are those who bear the defects of others in the best way.
--St. Francis de Sales--
Prayer.
Long-suffering God, help me to have patience with others and with myself in all circumstances. Let me imitate Your long-suffering in whatever may befall me every day.
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2025-10-06T19:26:53
Sacrifice or oblation You did not desire, but You have given me ears open to obedience.
Reflection.
By your work you show what you love and what you know. When you observe true obedience with prudence and enthusiasm, it is clear that you pick the most delightful and nourishing fruit of Divine Scripture.
--St. Bruno--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, let me realize that You guide our lives through legitimate authority in every area. Help me to be obedient to the rules for my state in life and so be obedient to Your Will for me.
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2025-10-07T19:41:16
Listen, my children, and blossom like roses planted by a stream of water.
Reflection.
To discover whether people are of God, I have found no better way than the following. Observe whether they say the Hail Mary and the Rosary.
--St, Louis Grignion de Montfort--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, let me realize that the Rosary is nothing more that a meditation on Your Holy Mysteries in company with Your Mother. Help me to recite my Rosary daily, if possible.
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2025-10-08T10:08:33
May our Lord Jesus Christ . . .comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.
Reflection.
Jesus knows how to comfort us. So when you are desolate, leave creatures behind. Come to the tabernacle, and you will always find strength and consolation.
--St. Peter Eymard--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, let me frequently have recourse to You in the Blessed Sacrament. O Sacrament most holy, O Sacrament divine, all praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine!
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2025-10-09T19:13:49
If your brother wrongs you, go and take up the matter with him.
Reflection.
Those who want to work for moral reform in the world must seek the glory of God before everything else. They must wait for God's help in this difficult and necessary undertaking, for He is the source of all good.
--St. John Leonardi--
Prayer.
Almighty God, help me to work for moral reform in the world in everything I do. But let me rely on Your grace so that I may effect a reform that is true rather than one that is purely my own.
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2025-10-10T19:22:36
Love is as strong as death, and devotion is as unyielding as the grave.
Reflection.
Love can supply for a life that is cut short. God does not look at time, for He is eternal. He looks only at love.
--St. Theresa of the Child Jesus--
Prayer.
Father, let me have the true love that You intend for me. Grant that because of the great love I have for You I may then gain eternity with You.
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2025-10-11T19:28:51
I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send . . .?" And I said, "Here I am. Send me."
Reflection.
You ask what you might offer to God. Offer yourself! What does God expect from you--except yourself?
--St. Augustine--
Prayer.
Help me to discern through prayer and meditation what You truly want of me. Then enable me to offer it to You--and indeed to offer myself and all I have to You.
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2025-10-12T19:35:58
How deep are the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God!
Reflection.
With heartfelt love let us sing of our Eternal Father's Providence--all-wise, all-powerful, and all-gentle. Oh, the depth of the riches, and the wisdom, and the knowledge of God!
--St. Francis de Sales--
Prayer.
All-provident Father, teach me to trust wholeheartedly in Your loving care. Help me to see that all that takes place is for my ultimate good, no matter how it may appear.
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2025-10-13T19:42:46
When I am weak, it is then that I am strong.
Reflection.
Never trust in yourselves alone, saying: "I'm strong and I have no fear that anything or anyone can make me fall." For love of God, stay away from such a misguided way of thinking.
--St. Catherine of Siena--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, keep me from pride and vanity of all kinds. Let me distrust myself in all things and put all my trust in You--without hesitation or reservation.
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2025-10-14T09:30:17
It is God Who in His goodwill works in your hearts, inspiring your will and your action.
Reflection.
Let us ask God's help before doing anything. If we acted in this way, we would perform wonders, for it would be God acting always in us.
--St. Peter Eymard--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, let me call upon Your help before undertaking to do anything in my life. Grant that I may be so united with You that Your grace may always bring forth good fruit.
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2025-10-15T09:36:30
This is how we know we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything.
Reflection.
Let nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you. Everything passes, but God never changes. Patience obtains everything. Those who possess God lack for nothing. God alone is enough.
--St. Theresa of Avila--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, let me remain calm amid all the difficulties of life. Help me to preserve my union with You, which is the one thing necessary in this world.
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2025-10-16T04:23:56
Not everyone who says to Me, "Lord, Lord," will enter the Kingdom of Heaven but only the one who does the Will of My Father.
Reflection.
Virtue does not consist in making splendid resolutions. It consists in carrying out those resolutions and producing good fruits.
--St. Margaret Mary Alacoque--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to put all my good resolutions into effect. Grant that I may always bring forth good fruits from my union with God.
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2025-10-17T04:29:34
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me or seen in me--put it into practice.
Reflection.
It is better to say nothing and be a Christian than to speak and not be one. It is good to teach, if we practice what we preach.
--St. Ignatius of Antioch--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, grant that I may believe what I have learned and practice what I believe. Help me to lead a truly Christian life in addition to speaking about it.
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2025-10-18T04:36:15
Out of fear I went off and hid your talent in the ground . . . His master replied, "You wicked and lazy servant."
Reflection.
God has given to each of us the talents to sow His words and gather up the fruit of souls. Let us therefore put those talents to work and not bury them in the ground.
--St. Catherine of Siena--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, grant me the grace to make use of the talents You have given me. Let me put them to work for the salvation of souls and for Your eternal glory.
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2025-10-19T04:42:39
Do not grow careless, but learn to follow the example of those who through their faith and patience are the possessors of what has been promised.
Reflection.
If we are united inwardly with the Son of the living God, we also bear His likeness outwardly by our continual practice of heroic goodness. We do so especially by a patience re-enforced by courage that does not complain either secretly or publicly.
--St. John de Brebeuf--
Prayer.
Long-suffering God, help me to practice patience in doing good. No matter what may occur, let me face each day with quiet courage and without complaint.
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2025-10-20T04:52:48
What do you possess that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you did not?
Reflection.
The reason why God is such a great Lover of humility is that He is a great Lover of truth. Humility is in fact truth, while pride is nothing but lying.
--St. Vincent de Paul--
Prayer.
God of truth, help me to realize that everything I have is from You. Let me show my gratitude by always using it in accord with Your holy Will.
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2025-10-21T04:58:26
In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor the lack of it has any value; the only thing that matters is faith acting through love.
Reflection.
To believe in God--for Christians-- does not mean simply to believe that God exists, nor merely to believe that He is true. It means to believe by loving, to believe by abandoning oneself to God, uniting and conforming oneself to Him.
--St. Anthony of Padua--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, grant me an operative faith, a faith that will move mountains. Let me show that faith by lively deeds and by conforming myself to Your Will in all things.
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2025-10-22T05:07:03
The Church of the living God [is] the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Reflection.
The Church has the following characteristic qualities. She overcomes when she is attacked. She is understood when she is disputed. And she grows greater when she is abandoned.
--St. Hilary of Poitiers--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, let me always cling to Your Church for she is my best contact with You. Grant that I may never depart from this pillar of truth--the prolongation of Your Son Jesus in the world.
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2025-10-23T05:13:41
You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, what can be done to make it salty again?
Reflection.
Remove from your lives the filth and uncleanness of vice. Your upright lives must make you the salt of the earth for yourselves and for the rest of humankind.
--St. John of Capistrano--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, enable me both to practice and to preach Your Message to all those I meet. Grant that--in accord with Your Son's mandate--I may be the salt of the earth.
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2025-10-24T05:22:01
I have been most zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts.
Reflection.
Truly zealous persons are also those who love, but they stand on a higher plane of love. The more they are inflamed by love, the more urgently zeal drives them on.
--St. Anthony Claret--
Prayer.
Lord God of Hosts, grant me a holy zeal for You based on a love that is true. May everything I do contribute to Your greater glory and bring others to You.
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2025-10-25T05:26:52
Everything in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-- is not from the Father.
Reflection.
What does it mean to renounce all that we have and all that we desire? It means we renounce the world and all that it contains.
--St. Augustine--
Prayer.
Triune God, help me to give up that world which is opposed to You. Let me be willing to renounce everything I possess and everything I want--so that I may possess You forever.
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2025-10-26T05:33:21
O children, listen to me; . . . Hear instruction and be wise.
Reflection.
Let Mary never be far from your lips and from your heart. Following her, you will never lose your way. Praying to her, you will never sink into despair. Contemplating her, you will never go wrong.
--St. Bernardine of Siena--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to have continual recourse to Your holy Mother. Grant that she may watch over me as she lovingly watched over You in Your childhood at Nazareth.
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2025-10-27T05:39:16
The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us.
Reflection.
One and the same love embraces both God and neighbor. This love is the Holy Spirit, Who is Divine Love.
--St. Anthony of Padua--
Prayer.
Come, Holy Spirit. Fill the heart of Your faithful one and enkindle in me the fire of Your love. Divine Guest of my soul, abide in me and grant that I may abide in You.
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2025-10-28T05:46:37
The mouth of the upright utters wisdom and his tongue speaks what is right.
Reflection.
Truthful persons do not keep silent when it is the time for speaking out. They keep silent only when it is the time to be silent. But then their very silence cries out!
--St. Catherine of Siena--
Prayer.
God of truth, grant me the wisdom and the courage to speak the truth without fear of others. Let me be silent only when it is Your Will for me to do so.
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2025-10-29T05:51:30
Consider the lilies of the field and how they grow. They neither labor nor spin.
Reflection.
In telling us to learn a lesson from the lilies of the field that do not sow, Jesus is not encouraging us to avoid working. He is simply forbidding us to become overly anxious about things.
--St. John Chrysostom--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to have the right attitude toward work. Let me make it an integral part of my Christian life by offering it to Your service and that of my neighbor.
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2025-10-30T05:58:31
You are light in the Lord . . . The fruit of light is every kind of goodness.
Reflection.
Goodness has the same relationship to the human heart that a magnet has to iron. Goodness has the power to attract the heart.
--St. Thomas Aquinas--
Prayer.
God of light, let my heart be ever attracted to goodness rather than to evil. Help me to live as a child of light, devoted to You every day of my life.
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2025-10-31T06:03:11
I urge you not to indulge your physical cravings that are at war with the soul.
Reflection.
The virtue of chastity does not mean that we are insensible to the urge of concupiscence. It means that we subordinate it to reason and the law of grace, by striving wholeheartedly after what is noblest in human and Christian life.
--Pope Pius XII--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, enable me to subordinate the urges of concupiscence to reason and grace. Grant that I may lead a noble and pure Christian life.
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2025-11-01T06:40:51
You are fellow citizens of God's holy ones and members of God's household.
Reflection.
A ray of light enables us to see the dust that is in the air. In the same way, the lives of the Saints show up our defects. If we fail to see our faults, it is because we have not looked at the lives of holy men and women.
--St. Anthony of Padua--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, help me to love and respect Your Saints. Grant me to obtain an example from their way of life, fellowship in their communion, and aid through their intercession.
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2025-11-02T06:46:38
The souls of the upright are in the hands of God.
Reflection.
What great power the holy souls in purgatory have over the heart of God! If we realized this fact and averted to all the graces that we can gain through their intercession, these souls would not be so forgotten.
--St. John Vianney--
Prayer.
God, our Creator and Redeemer, grant to the souls in purgatory the remission of their sins. And may their prayers also be of benefit to me and all my dear ones.
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2025-11-03T06:52:27
Set your heart on things above, where Christ is seated at God's right hand.
Reflection.
Not all of us understand spiritual values as well as we should, nor do we give them a proper place in our lives. Many of us, strongly attracted by sin, look upon such values as of no importance or ignore them altogether.
--Pope John XXIII--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to appreciate spiritual values and give them the first place in my heart. Grant that I may always seek them first and remain forever united with You.
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2025-11-04T07:00:43
My heart speaks to You; my face seeks You; Your face, O Lord, do I seek.
Reflection.
If a tiny spark of God's love already burns in you, do not expose it to the wind, for it may get blown out. In other words, avoid distractions as much as you can. Stay quiet with God. Do not spend your time in useless chatter.
--St. Charles Borromeo--
Prayer.
Almighty God, help me to seek You and speak with You often. Let me strive to avoid outer distractions and concentrate on Your message and Your Will for me.
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2025-11-05T07:07:07
Give to Caesar what is due to Caesar, and give to God what is due to God.
Reflection.
There are no better citizens---whether in peace or in war---than Christians who are mindful of their duty. Such persons must be willing to suffer all things---even death---rather than abandon the cause of God or of the Church.
--Pope Leo XIII--
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, grant me a love for my country and a desire to help it as a good citizen. At the same time let me remain a faithful member of Your Church and work for her benefit.
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2025-11-06T07:13:56
I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
Reflection.
In your daily prayer, confess your sins to God with tears and sighs. And make a purpose of amendment of these sins for the future.
--St. Benedict--
Prayer.
God of mercy, teach me to make a daily examination of conscience with a firm resolution of amendment. Help me to avoid all sins in the future---and especially my most outstanding faults.
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2025-11-07T08:10:52
Defend yourself to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you . . . And keep your conscience clear.
Reflection.
Conscience and reputation are two different things. Your conscience depends on you, whereas your reputation depends on your neighbor's estimation of you.
--St. Augustine--
Prayer.
All-knowing God, help me to keep my conscience clear in Your sight. Grant that I may never give in to human respect---but strive always to do what I know is right.
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2025-11-08T08:16:20
Why do you take note of the splinter in your brother's eye but do not notice the wooden plank in your own eye?
Reflection.
It is very easy for us to find fault with others. But it is very hard for us to isolate and correct our own faults.
--St. Francis de Sales--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to avoid finding fault with others. Let me strive instead to discover my own faults and seek to correct them as fast as I can.
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2025-11-09T08:20:50
The temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
Reflection.
When Christ came, He banished the devil from our hearts, in order to build in them a temple for Himself. Let us then do what we can with His help, so that our evil deeds will not deface that temple.
--St. Caesarius of Arles--
Prayer.
Lord Jesus, help me to be a true temple of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Grant me the grace to keep this temple holy and pleasing to You all my days.
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2025-11-10T08:26:20
" 'You shall love the Lord your God. . . .' This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as your-self.' "
Reflection.
If we love our neighbor, we automatically love God as well. For it is in the unity of this twofold love that God has constituted the fullness of the Law and the Prophets.
--St. Leo the Great--
Prayer.
Loving Father, help me to realize that love is the most powerful force in the world. Let me love You and my neighbor because of You.
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