"Blessed are the poor in spirit..." Matthew 5:3s Why would being poor in anything be good for us? Especially in spirit. I would ...

  “You are fellow citizens with the saints..." Ephesians 2:19 Saint Paul wrote this to the people of Ephesus, and I am sure if he wrote...

  “He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season, and whose leaves never fade. Whatever he does prospers...

 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And ...

  “Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? or who may stand in his holy place? He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desire...

  “…that you, rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend… what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know...

  “A person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.” Luke 12:21 In the same passage we read: “You fo...

  “In Him you...were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, which is the first installment of our inheritance..." Ephesians 1:13-14 Firs...

  Today is the Feast Day of Saint Teresa of Avila. If we listen or read her autobiography, she says a lot about being wicked, and sinning ag...

  “For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.” Psalm 1:6 The way of the wicked will perish, ...

 “For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1 In 1944, during World Wa...

   "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." Psalm 23:1  The Lord is my shepherd. He leads me where there is everything I need,...

Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and observe it." Luke 11:28 Blessed, filled with grace, possessing the good things God has p...

  “Brothers and sisters: Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. ...

“O Lord, you have probed me, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. My journeys and my...

  "Your ways O Lord, make known to me; teach me Your paths." Psalm 25:4 What a wonderful prayer to start our time with the Lord! E...

  "And do confirm the work of our hands." Psalm 90:17 What does confirm mean? It means to give permanence to, to prosper, to estab...

  "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Matthew 18:20 “There am I in the mid...

  “Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:4 Today is the Feast Day of Saint Claire of ...