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“Wretched, close to death from my youth, I have borne your trials; I am numb. Your fury has swept down upon me; your terrors have utterly destroyed me. They surround me all the day like a flood, they assail me all together. Friend and neighbour you have taken away: my one companion is darkness.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2022 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“Brothers and sisters: If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves, each looking out not for his own interests, but also everyone for those of others.”
― Universalis Publishing, Mass Readings 2022 (USA)

“Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.”
― Universalis Publishing, Mass Readings 2022 (USA)

“remember the days that are past: I ponder all your works. I muse on what your hand has wrought and to you I stretch out my hands. Like a parched land my soul thirsts for you.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2022 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“Nor did the Lord need our service. He commanded us to follow him, but his was the gift of salvation. To follow the Saviour is to share in salvation; to follow the light is to enjoy the light. Those who are in the light do not illuminate the light but are themselves illuminated and enlightened by the light. They add nothing to the light; rather, they are beneficiaries, for they are enlightened by the light.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2019 (USA, high seasons)

“Short Reading 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 I shall be very happy to make my weaknesses my special boast so that the power of Christ may stay over me, and that is why I am quite content with my weaknesses, and with insults, hardships, persecutions, and the agonies I go through for Christ’s sake. For it is when I am weak that I am strong.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2015

“Short Reading Ephesians 4:29-32 Guard against foul talk; let your words be for the improvement of others, as occasion offers, and do good to your listeners, otherwise you will only be grieving the Holy Spirit of God who has marked you with his seal for you to be set free when the day comes. Never have grudges against others, or lose your temper, or raise your voice to anybody, or call each other names, or allow any sort of spitefulness. Be friends with one another, and kind, forgiving each other as readily as God forgave you in Christ.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2015

“for it is you who have accomplished all we have done.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2019 (USA, high seasons)

“Martin the Charitable The example of Martin’s life is ample evidence that we can strive for holiness and salvation as Christ Jesus has shown us: first, by loving God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind; and second, by loving our neighbour as ourselves. When Martin had come to realise that Christ Jesus suffered for us and that he carried our sins on his body to the cross, he would meditate with remarkable ardour and affection about Christ on the cross. Whenever he would contemplate Christ’s terrible torture he would be reduced to tears. He had an exceptional love for the great sacrament of the eucharist and often spent long hours in prayer before the blessed sacrament. His desire was to receive the sacrament in communion as often as he could. Saint Martin, always obedient and inspired by his divine teacher, dealt with his brothers with that profound love which comes from pure faith and humility of spirit. He loved men because he honestly looked on them as God’s children and as his own brothers and sisters. Such was his humility that he loved them even more than himself and considered them to be better and more righteous than he was. He did not blame others for their shortcomings. Certain that he deserved more severe punishment for his sins than others did, he would overlook their worst offences. He was tireless in his efforts to reform the criminal, and he would sit up with the sick to bring them comfort. For the poor he would provide food, clothing and medicine. He did all he could to care for poor farmhands, blacks and mulattoes who were looked down upon as slaves, the dregs of society in their time. Common people responded by calling him “Martin the charitable.” The virtuous example and even the conversation of this saintly man exerted a powerful influence in drawing men to religion. It is remarkable how even today his influence can still move us towards the things of heaven. Sad to say, not all of us understand these spiritual values as well as we should, nor do we give them a proper place in our lives. Many of us, in fact, strongly attracted by sin, may look upon these values as of little moment, even something of a nuisance, or we ignore them altogether. It is deeply rewarding for men striving for salvation to follow in Christ’s footsteps and to obey God’s commandments. If only everyone could learn this lesson from the example that Martin gave us.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2022 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“In the cross there is no mingling of good and evil, as in the tree of paradise: it is wholly beautiful to behold and good to taste.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2021 (USA, high seasons)

“Deuteronomy 6:4-7 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2022 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“let your hand, O Lord, rescue me from men, from men whose reward is in this present life.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2021 (USA, ordinary time)

“far as the east is from the west     so far does he remove our sins. As a father has compassion on his sons,     the Lord has pity on those who fear him; for he knows of what we are made,     he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass;     he flowers like the flower of the field; the wind blows and he is gone     and his place never sees him again. Glory to the Father and to the Son,     and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now,     and will be for ever. Amen. As a father has compassion on his sons, the Lord has pity on those who fear him. Psalm 102 (103) Give thanks to the Lord, all his works. But the love of the Lord is everlasting     upon those who hold him in fear; his justice reaches out to children’s children     when they”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2016 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“pervades”
― Universalis Publishing, New Every Day 2021

“Thérèse’s “Little Way” means taking God at his word and letting his love for us wash away our sins and imperfections. When a priest told her that her falling asleep during prayer was due to a want of fervour and fidelity and she should be desolate over it, she wrote “I am not desolate. I remember that little children are just as pleasing to their parents when they are asleep as when they are awake.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2019 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“Night holds no terror for me sleeping under God’s wings.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2022 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“Will your love be told in the grave or your faithfulness among the dead? Will your wonders be known in the dark or your justice in the land of oblivion?”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2022 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“poverty, chastity, obedience.”
― Universalis Publishing, New Every Day 2022

“If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, Lord, who would survive? But with you is found forgiveness: for this we revere you.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2022 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“God has called you and he will not fail you.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2019 (UK & Ireland, high seasons)

“Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2022 (USA, Ordinary Time)

“has risen as he said, alleluia! Pray for us to God, alleluia! Regína cæli, lætare, allelúia, quia quem meruísti portáre, allelúia, resurréxit sicut dixit, allelúia; ora pro nobis Deum, allelúia.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2018 (UK & Ireland, high seasons)

“and my unalterable word: To me every knee shall bend; by me every tongue shall swear, Saying, “Only in the Lord are just deeds and power.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2015

“Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
― Universalis Publishing, Mass Readings 2023 (USA)

“When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you set in place— What is man that you should be mindful of him,”
― Universalis Publishing, Mass Readings 2023 (USA)

“God desires not death, but faith; God thirsts not for blood, but for self-surrender; God is appeased not by slaughter, but by the offering of your free will.”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2022 (USA, high seasons)

“Thanksgiving “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Rom 8:31).”
― Universalis Publishing, Liturgy of the Hours 2015

“sanctity”
― Universalis Publishing, New Every Day 2021

“You shall not defraud or rob your neighbor. You shall not withhold overnight the wages of your day laborer.”
― Universalis Publishing, Mass Readings 2023 (USA)

“her.”
― Universalis Publishing, Mass Readings 2024 (USA)