September 18

“We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.”

-St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Today’s Reflection:

Do you love God for Himself, or do you love Him because of all He does for you? Today, ask Him to fill your heart with an increase of pure love and gratitude for Him!

September 17

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended
on you.”

-St. Augustine

Today’s Reflection:

Discerning when God is calling you to rest and wait, and when He is calling you to actively do something, is very important. He gives us the tools needed to live out our lives according to His will and purpose; He is also actively involved in every single thing we do. So ask Him to guide you, and then take the steps He calls you to!

Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows

“Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary;
without dying you won the Martyr’s crown
beneath the Cross of the Lord.”

-Alleluia Verse from today’s Holy Mass

Today’s Reflection:

How does meditating upon the sorrows of Our Blessed Mother Mary console you during your life’s challenges. How does it encourage you in
your walk with Our Lord?

September 14

“To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.”

-St. Thomas Aquinas

Today’s Reflection:

Each soul we meet needs something different from us. Who in your life needs a simple hand of guidance? Ask our Father today to show you how to lead someone to Him!

September 13

“But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure. In order to preserve it there is nothing more useful than renouncing your own will and substituting for it the will of the divine heart. In this way his will can carry out for us whatever contributes to his glory, and we will be happy to be his subjects and to trust entirely in him.”

-St Margaret Mary Alacoque

Today’s Reflection:

What do you hold onto in your life that is simply a desire of your own will? What in your life isn’t of God, something that isn’t God’s will? How can you trust Him more today with His will and relinquish your own?

September 12

“The fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy; charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and remains disinterested and generous; it is friendship and communion: Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest.”

-St. Augustine

Today’s Reflection:

Run! Run to Jesus! He, our true Love, is the fulfillment of everything in this world. How is He calling you deeper into friendship with Him at this very minute?

September 11

“For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with holy fear.”

-St. Bernard

Today’s Reflection:

Falling at the feet of Our Lord is so important, as humility is so necessary in our lives. We are to be filled with this most beautiful holy fear of God, rather than an arrogance in our own prestige. Nothing we do is completed on our own. Let’s remember this as we progress in this spiritual journey–all change must flow from our Father’s mercy and grace!

September 10

“I know well that the greater and more beautiful the work is, the more terrible will be the storms that rage against it.”

-St. Faustina

Today’s Reflection:

What work is God currently calling you to? Have you experienced any storms as a result?

Lord, prepare our hearts for whatever comes our way. Strengthen us to follow You wherever that path leads!

September 9

“Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases.”

-St. Rose of Lima

Today’s Reflection:

What afflictions/struggles are you facing currently? Suggestion: spend an hour in Adoration this week asking our Father for all the extra graces needed to truly thrive at this time.

Amen.