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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.7

Daily Devotional:
The Blessed Virgin Mary
Gift of the Holy Spirit:
Wisdom—the gift of contemplative reflection on, and love for, divine things. It enables one to assess the world by revealed truths and instills peace in the soul.
Proclamation of Faith:
“I believe in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.”
The Blessed Mother:
May we experience God’s protection as Mary did, by imitating her obedience to God’s Will. Protection Through Obedience.
Jesus:
The life of Christ exemplified prudence, always seeking to do God’s Will alone. May we do the same.
Glorious Characteristic:
Impassability—we will be immune from death and pain. (Rev 21:4, I Cor 15:50-57)
Spiritual Work of Mercy:
Forgive offenses.
Corporal Work of Mercy:
Give drink to the thirsty.
Sacrament:
Anointing of the Sick
Commandments:
  1. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
  2. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
Thought for the Day:
Blessed Virgin Mary: “Do whatever He tells you.”

Today’s Reading

Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord

John 1:1-18

On this Seventh Day within the Octave of the Nativity of the Lord, we are graced with the reading of the beginning of the gospel of St. John.
”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…
He was in the beginning with God…
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it…
A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him…
John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’”

This reading is so fitting as we end the calendar year and move forward to begin the New Year. We are reminded by Mother Church to recognize this great feast we are still celebrating: Christmas, the coming of the Messiah. Our focus is also drawn to the preaaching of John the Baptist, who proclaims the coming of Our Lord. We soon will begin Ordinary Time, studying the footsteps of Jesus. We are being prepared for this focus.

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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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