Friday, February 10, 2012 {St. Scholastica, Virgin (Memorial)}

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
The bread which you use is the bread of the hungry; the garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of him who is naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot; the acts of charity that you do not perform are so many injustices that you commit.
-- St. Basil

READINGS FOR TODAY
First Reading: 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19
29 It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
30 Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it in twelve pieces.
31 He said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 {St. Colette of Corbie, Virgin (Memorial)}

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
He is generous even to exhaustion; and what is most wonderful is, that He gives Himself thus entirely, not once only, but every day, if we wish it. Every fresh Communion is a new gift which Jesus Christ makes of Himself.
-- St. Ignatius Loyola

READINGS FOR TODAY
First Reading: 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30(Solomon's Prayer)
22 Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
23 and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

Monday, January 30, 2012 {St. Hyacinth Marescotti, Virgin (Memorial)}

REFLECTION FOR TODAY
Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved.
-- St. Robert Bellarmine

READINGS FOR TODAY
First Reading: 2 Samuel 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13
(David Flees from Jerusalem/ David and Shimei)
13 There came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
14 David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
30 David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.