September 8
Nativity of Mary
"Think of what the Saints have done for their neighbor because they loved God. But what Saint's love for God can match Mary's? She loved Him more in the first moment of her existence than all the Saints and angels ever loved Him or will love Him. Our Lady herself revealed to Sister Mary Crucified that the fire of her love was most extreme. If Heaven and earth were placed in it, they would be instantly consumed. And the ardors of the seraphim, compared with it, are like cool breezes. Just as there is not one among all the Blessed who loves God as Mary does, so there is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does. Furthermore, if we heaped together all the love that mothers have for their children, all the love of husbands and wives, all the love of all the angels and Saints for their clients, it could never equal Mary's love for even a single soul."
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
Today's Reflection:
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Happy Birthday to our Most Blessed Mother Mary!
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"Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked."
-Venerable Fulton Sheen
Today's Reflection:
How easily we criticize others! It's so simple to tell other people what they have done wrong or what is wrong with them; it's so challenging to bite our tongue, and instead, say a prayer for that person!
Today, spend some time asking our Lord for an increase in the virtue of humility this weekend in order to silence yourself and kindly reflect on your own self rather than shouting out criticism at others.
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September 6
"Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: 'Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle the heart - and very often degrade it - leave all that and come with us in search of Love!'"
-St. Josemaria Escriva
Today's Reflection:
What shackles your heart? What worldly things do you need to leave behind to fully search and find the Lord?
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September 5
"Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world."
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
Today's Reflection:
Covid-19 has changed many things. It seems like God was forcing us to spend more time together and slow down.
In light of this, how is your family structure operating? Are you still rushed? What do your interactions with your family and friends look like? Do you enjoy the moments together, or are you hurried, thinking of what comes next? Are there changes you could make to slow down for God and your family?
St. Teresa of Calcutta, on this your feast day, pray for us!
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September 4
"To love God is something greater than to know Him."
-St. Thomas Aquinas
Today's Reflection:
What does it mean to know God? What does it mean to love Him? How is God calling you to know Him, and ultimately to love Him, more?
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"There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the
fullness of perfection."
-St. Gregory the Great
Today's Reflection:
This quote brings to mind the words of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. One of the most beautiful things about our spiritual journey is the levels by which we continue to meet our Lord deeper and deeper.
If you were totally honest with yourself, where are you in your journey, according to the quote above? Have you started the process of being converted? Are you in stage one? Stage two? Stage three? Ask our Lord to open your heart to the truth of where you currently are, and then lean into the graces He has in store for you to bring you ever deeper in your journey
with Him.
St. Gregory the Great, on this your feast day, pray for us!
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September 2
“Know that the greatest service that man can offer to God is to help
convert souls.”
-St. Rose of Lima
Today's Reflection:
It could also be said that the greatest service a man can offer to God is to be converted. For what affect can a soul have on others if they have not experienced their own full embrace of God?
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September 1
"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."
-Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman
Today's Reflection:
This quote is a favorite! And what a perfect time of year to really pray with it. The leaves are about to start changing...Autumn is on its way!
The Lord calls us to grow deeper in our relationship with Him. In doing so, we are opened up to things in our lives that we are called to turn away from. God calls us to change. How is He calling you to change this month? What sins does He want you to bring to confession? What habits are keeping you from growing closer to Him?
Lord, open our hearts to truly see who we have become, and fill us with Your healing grace!
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I will never forget the early days of my walk with Christ Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I sang out loud, wore a permanent smile on my face, and quoted scripture to everyone I encountered, if they wanted to hear it or not. Within my soul was a burning desire to tell the world, “He lives.”
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I distinctly remember the first time I experienced real gratitude, the kind that goes beyond getting the puppy you always wanted for Christmas or a big fat tax refund. The kind of gratitude I’m talking about is the kind that changes your heart forever.
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