1. Intense love does not measure, it just gives. Bl. Teresa of Calcutta — Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) June 18, 2015 2. Do not forget the Father’s mercy. From St. Cyprian in the Liturgy of the Hours today: As the Lord’s Prayer continues, we ask: Give us this day our daily bread. We can understand this petition in a spiritual and in a literal sense. For in the divine plan both senses may help toward our salvation. For Christ is... Read more

1. Help us to avoid wrongdoing: show us your mercy and love. – Lord, show us your loving-kindness. #lauds — Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) June 5, 2015 2. Sermon for St Boniface: we pray that God will give us such shepherds to bring light and new vision https://t.co/GpW50QuBKN — Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) June 5, 2015 3. From St. Boniface in the Liturgy of the Hours: In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great... Read more

1. O, Tobit! 2. Thanks be to God for women after Mass — it seems just about anywhere in the world – whose presence praying the Rosary nudges me to. 3. And I had the thought: The Salve Regina would have been Tobit’s kind of prayer … Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee to we send up our sighs, mourning and... Read more

Today I was in meeting and bunkered finishing an overdue project. But for anyone who finds these helpful, a few things even at this late hour: 1. What are you seeking? What is God whispering to you? The hope which never disappoints is Jesus Christ. Pope Benedict XVI — Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) June 2, 2015 2. Dear Tobit was in the readings today. 3. In order to make disciples of the Lord Jesus we must first be disciples of the... Read more

1. Today is the memorial of Saint Justin. For the feast of St Justin Martyr, this detail from a predella by Fra Angelico of the "noble army of Martyrs" https://t.co/PJwvyp5CYP — Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) June 1, 2015 2. Mass readings. 3. From the Liturgy of the Hours: From the Acts of the martyrdom of Saint Justin and his companion saints (Cap 1-5:cf PG 6, 1366-1371) The saints were seized and brought before the prefect of Rome, whose name was... Read more

She was executed today in 1431: Here are generous excerpts from Pope Benedict XVI’s Wednesday audience about her in 2011. It’s worth reading and sharing. 1. She “fearlessly bore the great light of the Gospel in the complex events of history.” 2. “From childhood, she showed great love and compassion for the poorest, the sick and all the suffering, in the dramatic context of the war.” 3. “Through the ‘voice’ of St Michael the Archangel, Joan felt called by the... Read more

1. God's mercy is a washing, a pouring over of his healing Spirit, a cleansing, refreshing, fragrant, yet chastening experience. #mercy — Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) May 29, 2015 2. From St. Gregory the Great in the Liturgy of the Hours today: It is the wisdom of this world to conceal the heart with stratagems, to veil one’s thoughts with words to make what is false appear true and what is true appear false. On the other hand it is... Read more

1. The Angels guarding the tomb of John Paul I, Papa Luciani, the Smiling Pope. May he intercede for all who are sad. pic.twitter.com/qhSdLWdAg7 — Fr. Manuel Dorantes (@TweetingPriest) May 28, 2015 2. At times life needs to be slowed down… pic.twitter.com/fAhRwkS5E0 — Fr. Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) May 28, 2015 Edinburgh sunset from 2 nights ago https://t.co/MzbZ4j0gBZ — Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) May 28, 2015 3. Today’s Mass readings. 4. We’re all Bartimaeus: begging the Lord to give us... Read more