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Voice of the Day: St. John of the Cross
12-02-2009
However high be your endeavors, unless you renounce and subjugate your own will -- unless you forget yourself and all that pertains to yourself -- not one step will you advance on the road to perfe
Verse of the Day: 'The righteous flourish'
12-02-2009
The righteous flourish like the palm tree,
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Psalm 92:12
Prayer of the Day: World AIDS Day
12-01-2009
God, we lift up all those suffering from HIV and AIDS; bring your healing and restoration to their bodies.
Voice of the Day: Rosa Parks
12-01-2009
If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble and trusted, this is recognized by others. If our lives demonstrate something else, that will be noticed too.
Verse of the Day: God's Gifts
12-01-2009
God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.
- 2 Timothy 1:7
Prayer of the Day: Advent
11-30-2009
Today is the first Monday in Advent; today and this week, we remember the Hope of the World, whose coming we will celebrate in a few short weeks.
Voice of the Day: Stephen Jay Gould
11-30-2009
I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
Verse of the Day: Consideration for the Poor
11-30-2009
You shall not strip your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the alien.
- Leviticus 19:10
Verse of the Day: Give Thanks to God
11-25-2009
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you;
you are my God, I will extol you.
- Psalm 118:28
Voice of the Day: Rebecca Harding Davis
11-25-2009
We are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet ...
Prayer of the Day: Eliminating Violence Against Women
11-25-2009
We grieve the injustices that have been perpetrated against women throughout history, and we affirm the equality that you instilled when you created humanity.
Verse of the Day: 'Do unto others'
11-24-2009
In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.
- Matthew 7:12
Voice of the Day: Henri J.M. Nouwen
11-24-2009
This nation is affluent and has more than it needs. The realization that what we have is a free gift can deepen our desire to share this gift with others who cry out for help.
Prayer of the Day: Unemployed
11-24-2009
We pray for those who are unemployed in these difficult economic times, those who feel most acutely the burden of getting by and providing for their families.
Voice of the Day: Mary Margaret Nussbaum
11-23-2009
You become what you do. We are shaped from the outside in ... So we do the Works of Mercy, we bend and we kneel, even when our head is clouded and our spirit is grudging.
Prayer of the Day: Politics in the Philippines
11-23-2009
Lord of life, we lift up the situation in the Philippines, where an election-related attack has resulted in many deaths.
Verse of the Day: Creator God
11-23-2009
The spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
- Job 33:4
Prayer of the Day: The Lord's Prayer
11-20-2009
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come: your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
Verse of the Day: Stand, Look, and Ask
11-20-2009
Thus says the Lord:
Stand at the crossroads, and look,
and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way lies; and walk
in it,
and find rest for your souls.
Voice of the Day: Brenda Salter McNeil
11-20-2009
Although it is not always socially acceptable, not always popular, we are called to the ministry of reconciliation.