Category: Daily Devotions

Gal 3:22-29

; Ps 105:2-7; Lk 11:27-28

 Abraham heard the Word of God and observed it.  When we hear and obey, we are the descendants of Abraham.  The LORD made a covenant with Abraham; he promised him countless descendants.  We are among those countless descendants.  We join with our ancestors who chanted the words of Psalm […]

Gal 3:7-14; Ps 111:1-6; Lk 11:15-26



 We join in thanks with all who pray Psalm 111.  We give thanks to the LORD with whole and humbled hearts.  In the company of all who seek to do the will of God, we give thanks.  The works of the LORD are exquisite in all their delights.  Majesty […]

Gal 3:1-5;

 Rs Lk 1:69-75

; Lk 11:5-13

 Israel is the special possession of the LORD.  Throughout history the LORD, the God of Israel, has been there for his chosen people to rescue, restore, and redeem his Beloved.  Again and again the LORD has raised up a mighty savior, born of the house of his servant […]

Gal 2:1,2,7-14; Ps 117:1,2;
Lk 11:1-4 When Christian Europe was in danger of being overwhelmed by the Muslims from the East, Pope Pius V instructed the Christians to pray the Holy Rosary for protection from those who sought to destroy and dominate.  Indeed the technique of the Holy Rosary seems, at first, to be a distraction; […]

Gal 1:6-12; Ps 111:1-2,7-10; Lk 10:25-37




   If the LORD forgets something, it ceases to exist.  All creation is kept in existence by the very thought of the Living God.  For the LORD to remember his covenant forever is the announcement that his covenant will last forever.  Even when we are unfaithful, the LORD is […]

Jb 42:1-3;5,6;12-17

; Ps 119:66,71,75,91,125,130; Lk 10:17-24 Only when the LORD lets his face shine upon us do we gain understanding.  The LORD loves the simple hearts; his face shines upon those whom he loves.  We rely upon the LORD to teach us wisdom, and we grow in knowledge when we trust in his commands.  We […]

Jb 38:1,12-21;40:3-5; 
Ps 139:1-3,7-10,13-14; Lk 10:13-16

 The LORD longs to guide us along the everlasting way.  If we pray with today’s psalm, we pray that the Father’s will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Prayer is the exercise of faith.  In faith we know that the LORD has probed us and knows […]

Jb 19:21-27; Ps 17:1-3,6,7; Lk 9:46-50  Saint Theresa was close in Spirit to missionaries of her own day, even though she never left her monastery.  She brought before the LORD the just suit of many and the outcry of all who spoke without lips of deceit.  The needs of the powerless in every country were […]