The online editorial staff comprises Betsy Shirley, Jenna Barnett, Josiah R. Daniels, Mitchell Atencio, Heather Brady, Kierra Bennning, and Zachary Lee.
Posts By This Author
Verse of the Day: "Live in love"
11-11-2009
Be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
- Ephesians 5:1-2
Prayer of the Day: El Salvador
11-10-2009
We pray for the people of El Salvador, impacted by Hurricane Ida and the floods that followed.
Verse of the Day: Call to the Lord
11-10-2009
Thus says the Lord who made the earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Voice of the Day: Nancy Mairs
11-10-2009
One of the elements that drew me into the Catholic Church was the concept of grace, although I've never been able to make more than clumsy sense of it.
Verse of the Day: "Love your neighbor"
11-09-2009
You were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.
Prayer of the Day: The Fall of the Wall
11-09-2009
On this day, as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the freedoms that came with that event, we also lift up those still oppressed around the world, those who are un
Voice of the Day: Mary Oliver
11-09-2009
The wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
Prayer of the Day: St Francis of Assisi
11-06-2009
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness,
Voice of the Day: Jeffrey Sachs
11-06-2009
Government support in the fight against poverty is crucial. Yet the year [of travel and observation] taught us never to sit back and rely on such commitments.
Verse of the Day: Restore Us
11-06-2009
Restore us to yourself, O Lord, that we may be restored; renew our days as of old.
- Lamentations 5:21
Voice of the Day: Pamela Couture
11-05-2009
Distributing food is a unique act of love because food is the basis for life.
Verse of the Day: Glorify God in All Things
11-05-2009
Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ.
Verse of the Day: "Search me, O God"
11-04-2009
Search me, O God, and know my
heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in
me,
and lead me in the way
Voice of the Day: His All Holiness Bartholomew I
11-04-2009
Even though our faith may be 2,000 years old, our thinking is not. True progress is a balance between preserving the essence of a certain way of life and changing things that are not essential.
Prayer of the Day: Mother Teresa
11-04-2009
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go. Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love.
Verse of the Day: "Do not worry"
11-03-2009
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.
- Matthew 6:34
Prayer of the Day: For Iraq
11-03-2009
How long, O Lord, will we sing this song? How long will we cry for peace and see only war? How long will our families be torn apart and devastated by unceasing violence? How long, O Lord?
Verse of the Day: 'The law of the Lord'
11-02-2009
The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the decrees of the Lord are sure,
making wise the simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right,