Daily prayer

Optional Memorial of St. Januarius, Bishop and Martyr Lord Jesus, many did not see at the time you walked among men that you would be the redeemer of our fallen souls. Rather you were mocked and derided for cavorting with precisely the…

Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Lord Jesus, death was but a passing fate for you, as life eternal was your ultimate destiny, as it shall be for us as well. You brought the dead back to life, showing us the future which…

Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Lord Jesus, all who approach you are sinners. Yet despite this, you are willing to heal all those who have trust in your mercy, for it is by our faith in you that…

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lord, self-sacrifice is anathema to us, for we are so caught up in the world. Your apostles were shocked to know of your fate and did not want to believe it, for the reality of what is necessary for…

Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Lord Jesus, unto your most beloved disciple you gave the privilege of caring for the Blessed Mother. May She and all your apostles who devoted and gave their lives for your faith pray for us alongside the…

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Lord Jesus, you do not represent the Father’s wrath, but His infinite mercy. For only through you might we have been saved, and through your grace and majesty we find salvation from the fires of…

Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Lord God, without forgiving others we cannot be ourselves forgiven. Only in emulating your infinite mercy might we earn that mercy ourselves, for in all of us there is a…

Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Mary Lord, those who are satisfied in this life yearn for nothing, so they shall never reach out for you out of false contentment. Yet those who are in need of you Lord, those who know the…

Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Jesus Christ, Son of God, you are the font of healing for our souls, without which we would be helpless. You called your disciples to you so that we might come to understand you. Now, in…

Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lord Jesus, above all you saw that we fallen children were in need of healing. The Old Law needed to fade away so that we might be redeemed, the Law of God altered in recognition of our new…