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Better and happier

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

February 4

“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.”

-St. Teresa of Calcutta

Today’s Reflection:

In your daily encounter with others, do you keep in mind the impact you can have on them? Do you strive to be an instrument for Christ’s love? Do people leave after an encounter with you striving to be “better and happier”?

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True love begins

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

February 3

“True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.”

-St. Therese of Lisieux

Today’s Reflection

In prayer today, ask God to show you where He is calling you to love more selflessly. How can you be more like Mary in loving others?

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We become what we love

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

February 2

“We become what we love. Who we love shapes what we become.”

-St. Clare of Assisi

Today’s Reflection:

It’s February, the month of Valentine’s Day. What a lovely quote to ponder at this beautiful time of year. When you stop and think about who you love and what you love, what comes to mind? How is God calling you to love Him more and the material things of this world less?

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With all your soul

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

January 28

“The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

-Mark 12:28-31

Today’s Reflection:

The passage reveals an important truth to us about the virtue of charity: true love of neighbor flows from true love of God. Jesus tells the scribe that the first commandment is to love God with the entirety of our being. Then we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. The love of God is a prerequisite for love of neighbor and for every charitable action.

Practicing the corporal works of mercy is a practical way to grow in the virtue of charity. Seek at least one way that you can do so this week.

(1) Feed the hungry.

(2) Give drink to the thirsty.

(3) Clothe the naked.

(4) Shelter the homeless.

(5) Visit those in prison.

(6) Comfort the sick.

(7) Bury the dead.

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God is love

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Women of Grace Staff

January 2

“God is love.”

-John 4:16

Today’s Reflection

What is love? What are its characteristics? What is the true purpose of love? Where did you see love operating in your life in 2021? How will you love

Humility is the foundation

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

August 1

“Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.”

-St. Augustine

Today’s Reflection:

Consider St. Augustine’s statement about humility. Why do you think humility is the foundation of all the other virtues? Why is the appearance of any other virtue merely pretense if humility is lacking?

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Color all things with hues of faith

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

July 31

“With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.”

-Cardinal John Henry Newman

Today’s Reflection:

Do I “color all things with hues of faith?” Do I see “a divine meaning in every event?” If I were to do so, how would this encourage the virtue of humility in me? What one situation or circumstance am I presently facing that can give me this opportunity?

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Fast from bitterness

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

July 30

“Fast from bitterness – feast on forgiveness. Fast from self-concern – feast on compassion for others. Fast from personal anxiety – feast on eternal truth. Fast from anger – feast on patience. Fast from words that destroy – feast on words that build up. Fast from discontent – feast on gratitude. Fast from discouragement – feast on hope.”

-Susan Tassone

Today’s Reflection:

What “fast” should I engage? What are three practical ways I can employ its antidote today?

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Let all acknowledge St. Michael

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

July 29

“Let all acknowledge St. Michael as their protector, and be devout to him, for he cannot despise those who pray to him…. But he guards them through life, directs them on their way, and conducts them to their eternal home.”

-St. Lawrence Justinian

Today’s Reflection:

It gives me comfort when I realize that the Archangel Michael not only defends and protects souls during this life but also is our special advocate and consoler at the hour of death. He will come to do battle with our enemies on our behalf. I will invoke St Michael daily to lend his assistance at the critical hour of death.

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The soul sees what God intended it to be

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Women of Grace Staff

July 28

“The soul sees what God intended it to be. And the soul sees what obstacles it erected – its selfishness, its cowardice, its shallow satisfactions, its perversions of God’s graces and His gifts. All this came between God and the soul in life.”

-Susan Tassone

Today’s Reflection:

What will I see at the moment of my particular judgment? Will I see that I have created obstacles between my soul and God? What might they be? I pray for the grace to dismantle these obstacles in this life so I will not take them with me to eternal life.

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