10 Catholic Things that Caught My Eye Today (Jan. 13, 2015)

1. Hearing and Heeding God’s Merciful Summons to Prayer

2. Practical help toward that from Magnificat today:

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St Philip Neri, pray for us! #holyland #franciscans #saintquotes pic.twitter.com/SwppHKEMfM

— FFHL (@FFHL_HQ) January 13, 2016

4. From Pope Francis’s audience this morning:

God’s love, freely given, precedes any merit on our part; his faithfulness, like that of the father in the parable of the prodigal son, has no limits. He waits for us, ever ready to forgive our sins and to welcome us back to a right relationship with him. In this Year of Mercy, may we turn to God with all our heart, trusting in his mercy and grace, his infinite faithfulness and love.

5. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.

6. From Fr. Steve Grunow:

Being great or powerful or rich or famous, all mean nothing and accomplish nothing of lasting importance if in our pursuit or attainment of these things we fail to keep God’s commandments, or harm others, or live selfishly or fail to fulfill the demand of love.

7. Glory dawns.

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Looking back on the past. To bewail it? No: that would be useless. – To learn: that is fruitful. – St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way, #239

— Diana von Glahn (@DianavonGlahn) January 13, 2016

9.“There is beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere.” (Via @SrDorcee)

10. This is wonderful, from Cardinal John Henry Newman, via Divine Intimacy today:

PLUS: Saint Hilary’s feast day is today.

Pray for priests.