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< May 09, 2021 >

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of God.1

Daily Devotional:
The Holy Trinity/The Resurrection
Gift of the Holy Spirit:
Fear of the Lord—a gift of reverence for God.
Proclamation of Faith:
“I believe in God the Father.”
The Blessed Mother:
In imitation of the Blessed Mother, we are called to the humility she possessed at the Annunciation.
Jesus:
In imitation of Jesus, we are called to the humility He showed at becoming man.
Glorious Characteristic:
Subtlety—our bodies will be free from restraint by matter, yet palpable. (John 20:19-23)
Spiritual Work of Mercy:
Pray for the living and the dead
Corporal Work of Mercy:
Feed the hungry
Sacrament:
Baptism
Commandments:
  1. I am the Lord Your God; you shall not have strange gods before Me.
  2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
  3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.
Thought for the Day:
Blessed Virgin Mary: “Let it be done to me according to Your Word.”

Today’s Reading

Sixth Sunday of Easter

John 15:9-17

Today’s gospel reading is one of great love. Jesus speaks to His disciples telling them of His love for them, a love as deep as the Father has for Jesus Himself. Can you imagine that you are loved that much? That is phenomenal: as much as the Father loves Jesus!
He wants us to abide in that love. Abide means to “act in accordance with.” So Jesus wants us to act in accordance with knowing how much He loves us. Obey His commandments. Love God and love others, just as He does.
And why? Because we ourselves are loved so intensively by Him. Do we deserve that love? No. But He loves us nonetheless. And we are called to do the same for others.
Should we do it because they deserve our love? No. We should love others because Jesus wants us to act in accordance with knowing how much he loves us.
Jesus came to show us the way. And this is the Way. Walk in it.

An original writing https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jn+15%3A9-17&version=NRSVCE

About Us

Mission

We could find no better way to describe the purpose of Daily Beatitude than the Prologue of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 1:

God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his strength. He calls together all men, scattered and divided by sin, into the unity of his family, the Church. To accomplish this, when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son as Redeemer and Savior. In his Son and through him, he invites men to become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children and thus heirs of his blessed life.

Content

We are called to live in beatitude. This contemplation is one designed to help us incorporate the beatitudes into our day. This work is not one of absolutes. It is just one way to incorporate the countenance of Jesus into each day. It is not the only way. View our rationale.

Each day a different beatitude is presented with several points of focus that provide meditation. An additional reading is included daily related to the beatitude or one of the points of focus. All readings are archived for your convenience.

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