Clare’s Spiritual Genius

Ilia Delio, OSF August 9, 2025

To know God is to know the human person since the mystery of God is the human person.

Person sitting in silence on a row of chairs by the ocean.

The Gift of Silence

Christopher Wesley August 9, 2025

The world is loud. But God often speaks in whispers. Silence isn’t absence. It’s an opening—space wide enough for peace to enter.

Embracing All

Melanie Rigney August 8, 2025

Today write a letter, sign a petition, make a donation, or volunteer to help someone who is an outsider.

Reading Scripture

Herman Sutter August 7, 2025

Getting lost in a book, a story, a poem can become a moment of transfiguration for us. How much more so, if the author of that book is God?

man holding his head with his hands in sign of resignation after a rough day.

Facing Rough Days

Colleen Arnold, MD August 6, 2025

Think about a difficult part of your upcoming day. You may be surprised at how well the preemptive rehearsal of inviting God to accompany you through it can work.

A volunteer is helping a senior in a wheelchair, bringing home grocery.

Gentle Service, the Solanus Way

Ela Milewska August 5, 2025

Blessed Solanus Casey often said, “Thank God ahead of time.” Gratitude fueled his quiet service at the monastery door, where he listened, blessed, and believed for miracles.

woman praying with folded hands while holding a rosary.

Mary’s Openness

Martin J.P. Gianotti August 4, 2025

When you think about Our Lady, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s her obedience, purity, or beauty. But how often do you ponder Mary’s receptivity to God–her willingness to listen?

Pilgrims gather near a portrait of Blessed Carlo Acutis at the Church of San Marcello al Corso in Rome, where his relics are displayed July 31, 2025, during the Jubilee of Youth, ahead of his Sept. 7 canonization. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Acutis relics a reminder for pilgrims that holiness ‘is not impossible’

Catholic News Service August 4, 2025

Along one of Rome’s busiest streets, Via del Corso, traffic moves slowly as hundreds of pilgrims crisscross traffic on foot to get to their destination.

‘Most High Glorious God!’

Roch Niemier, OFM August 3, 2025

If you look closely at Christ on the San Damiano Cross, as painted on this cross, you will see that it is neither a bloody body nor one twisted in anguish.