Our Lord Jesus teaches us two great commandments: first, to love God with every fiber of our being, and second, to love our neighbor as ourselves (see Matthew 22:34-40). In today’s meditation, Johann Arndt explores how we love from a pure heart. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected …
Johann Gerhard has exhorted us to cultivate true humility–first, by pondering our condition as human beings, and second, by considering the example of Jesus Himself. In this fourth and final meditation, Gerhard exhorts us to take the servant’s place with Christ and cover the fire of our love for God …
True humility comes from considering our human condition and by pondering the example of Jesus Himself [Part 1]. Like a river flowing down a mountain, God’s grace flows downward to the humble, not upward to the proud [Part 2]. In today’s meditation, Johann Gerhard reminds us: it does not harm …
Johann Gerhard has encouraged us to cultivate true humility, first, by considering our lowly condition as human beings and, second, by considering …
God has knit together His elect people into one communion in the mystical body of His Son Jesus Christ. We pray that …
As Election Day 2020 in the United States nears, we pray God to guide the people of our land as they vote. …
Today we remember and thank our Lord for Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles. As they were faithful and zealous in their …
We pray that God would increase in us His gifts of faith, hope, and charity (love), and that we may love what …
Today we thank our Lord Jesus Christ for His brother, James the Just. Here we pray that the Church may follow James’ …
God, our merciful Creator, satisfies the needs of every living creature. So we pray that He would make us thankful for His …
