Thursday, January 05, 2012 {St. John Neumann, Bishop (Memorial)}

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
Almsgiving proceeds from a merciful heart and is more useful for the one who practices it than for the one who receives it, for the man who makes a practice of almsgiving draws out a spiritual profit from his acts, whilst those who receive his alms receive only a temporal benefit.
-- St. Thomas Aquinas

READINGS FOR TODAY
First Reading: 1 John 3:11-21(Love One Another/ Courage before God)
11 For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another;
12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
13 Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.