You have not yet resisted unto death in your struggle with sin.
- Heb 12:4
Reflection: Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life.
- St. Jerome
Prayer: Dear Lord, let me offer You all my daily struggles against sin and evil. Grant me the strength to resist even to the shedding of blood if it should be required of me.
The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a Virgin.
-Lk 1:26-27
Reflection: Angels take different earthly forms at the bidding of their master, God. They thus reveal themselves to human beings and unveil the Divine Mysteries to them.
-St. John Damascene
Prayer: God of all Wisdom, You direct the ministry of angels and of human beings. Grant that the angels who always minister to You in heaven may defend us during our life on earth.
From: Everyday Is A Gift (Catholic Book Publishing Corp., New York)
There will...be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righeous people who have no need of repentance.
- Lk 15:7
Reflection: Nothing makes God happier than a person's amendment of life, conversion, and salvation. This is why He sent His only Son to this earth.
- St. Gregory Nazianzen
Prayer: Holy God, help me to amend my life constantly and be sincerely converted to You. Let me seek Your interests rather ahn my own and be ever more closely united with you
From: Everyday Is A Gift (Catholic Book Publishing Corp., New York)
May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith.
-Eph 3:17
Reflection: Bear Christ in heart, mind, and will. Bear Him in you mind by His teaching. Bear Him in your will by your observance of the Law. Bear Him in your heart by the Holy Eucharist.
- Pope Pius XII
Prayer: Heavenly Father, let me be a true bearer of Christ, Your Son, by doing always the things that are pleasing to Him. Help me to bear witness to Him in the world for the salvation of souls
From: Everyday Is A Gift (Catholic Book Publishing Corp., New York)
In this is love...that [God] loved us and sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins.
- 1 Jn 4:10
Reflection: God's love for us has no equal. It infinitely surpasses the love nature has imprinted in the hearts of parents. We can be certain that whatever such a Father sends us is for our good.
- St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
Prayer: Loving Father, let me believe firmly in Your love for me despite all the trials that may come my way. Help me to cling to the thought that You want only what is best for my eternal welfare.
From: Everyday Is A Gift (Catholic Book Publishing Corp., New York)
The word of the Lord will last forever. That word is the Gospel that has been preached to you. 
How slow [you are] to believe all that the Prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into His glory?Reflection: Christ's love and obedience had abased him to the death of the Cross. Therefore, Christ was raised by God to the glory of the Resurrection.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Prayer: Lord or glory,stamp indelibly on my mind that without the Cross there is no crown. Help me to fashion an eternal crown of glory out of the little crosses that come my way each day.
