A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 3:1-3) Please share on social media. Print this entry
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Encountering the Word — Romans 13:11-12
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the […]
Encountering the Word — 1 Peter 2:9-10
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were no people but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy but now you […]
Catholic Quote of the Day — from J.R.R. Tolkien
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tower high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the […]
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
God could not keep, as it were, the secret of His Love—and the telling of it was Creation. Love overflowed. Eternity moved and said to time: “Begin.” Omnipotence moved and said to nothingness: “Be.” Light moved and said to darkness: “Be light.” Out from the fingertips of God there tumbled planets and worlds. Stars were thrown into their orbits and […]
Encountering the Word — Isaiah 5:20
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20) Print this entry
What We Can Learn from the Healing of the Man Born Blind
In St. John’s Gospel, there is the account of the healing of the man born blind (John 9:1-41). It is the sixth of the seven signs recounted by St. John that announce the fulfillment of the Old Covenant in the New Covenant and the passing away of the old rites, replaced by the grace and sacraments of Jesus Christ. It is […]
Catholic Quote of the Day — from Pope St. John Paul II
“Darkness can only be scattered by light. Hatred can only be conquered by love.” (Pope St. John Paul II, Address to Diplomatic Corps, 10 January 2002) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — 1 John 1:5
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 3:1-3) Print this entry
Encountering the Word — Isaiah 9:2
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.” (Isaiah 9:2) Print this entry