Minute Meditations

Dear Lord, help me to be open to the needs of my family in every way. Let me see clearly that my role is in getting them all to heaven through my example and love.
From Embracing Motherhood

Welcoming the stranger does not stop at our parish doors. But it does start there. And if we cannot welcome the Catholic whom we have seen, how can we welcome the stranger whom we have not seen?
From The Work of Mercy

To give drink to the thirsty is now, as it was then, a supreme work of mercy in that it involves giving the living water of the Spirit to those who cry out for him.
From The Work of Mercy

Feeding the hungry means more than feeding the belly. Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
From The Work of Mercy

We are bound by the sacraments, but God is not bound. Jesus does not sit on his hands refusing to work in our lives till we ask him to be our personal Savior any more than he is helpless to act unless we are baptized. Our very ability to seek him is already fruit of his grace.
From The Work of Mercy

There are heroes out there every day, living in the grace of fortitude. We used to call it white martyrdom, and their names were legion in the twentieth century. They were the quiet heroes who refused to abandon the faith when the knock came at the door late at night.
From A Guy's Guide to the Good Life

Prudent men are those willing to live and die by truth. They are stand-up guys when the rest of the world is sitting down.
From A Guy's Guide to the Good Life

The virtuous life isn’t just the good life; it’s the best life, the life you were made for.
From A Guy's Guide to the Good Life

Out of the many practices and understandings applicable to confirmation comes one shining reality, namely, the assurance that we belong to God. The mark placed on us in confirmation is a sign both of our choosing God and of God’s choosing us: “Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
From Catholic Update Guide to Confirmation

We know that sin cannot be removed except by grace. God’s grace fills us with redemption and salvation. This grace, this presence of God in us, is the Holy Spirit.
From Catholic Update Guide to Confirmation

As “Christ” means “anointed,” we call ourselves “Christians” because we are the anointed ones, the “oiled people,” so to speak. The sacraments of baptism, confirmation and Eucharist initiate us into the “oiled” community, the community anointed to continue the vocation of the Messiah, the Christ.
From Catholic Update Guide to Confirmation

If you find differences between the way you are and the way you think a Christian should be, make some honest judgments about which way you want to go. This kind of self-examination is not easy, but the results are very rewarding.
From Catholic Update Guide to Confirmation

It helps to look at all created things as if they are scattered pieces of a beautiful picture puzzle. It’s only when the pieces are put back in their proper places that they form the original image of Christ, thus displaying their true beauty and meaning.
From Catholic Update Guide to Communion

We cannot delude ourselves: By our mutual love and, in particular, by our concern for those in need, we will be recognized as true followers of Christ. This will be the criterion by which our Eucharistic celebrations are judged.
From Catholic Update Guide to Communion

When we celebrate the Eucharist, we are invited to enter into that eternal act, aligning our wills with the Father’s will as Jesus did. Thus we become one with Christ and share in his sacrificial act.
From Catholic Update Guide to Communion

As the sacrament of Christ’s Body and Blood, the Eucharist is the real presence of Jesus Christ. It is the memorial of Christ’s passion and resurrection. It is the sacrament of sacraments.
From Catholic Update Guide to Communion

You are here for a reason, and your life testifies to more than you have imagined. Don’t be afraid to offer yourself completely to God.
From Wholly Mary

Hope provides the freedom to live at peace with ourselves, others and God, regardless of what may be going on around us.
From Real Women, Real Saints

How often do we relegate to God only those things in which we feel he should have a say, yet exclude him from the ordinary things in life?
From The Bible’s Best Love Stories

Mary is the icon of true discipleship and the one the Church looks to as a model of real devotion. She is just watching for us to ask for help in our pursuit of holiness.
From Wholly Mary