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"God invites us to more, right here, right now. How will we respond?" Read 'Everyday saints with Robert Ellsberg' www.ncronline.org/node/314931 via @NCRonline @robertellsberg.bsky.social

My new book BLESSED AMONG US Vol 2, with over 700 entries drawn from my daily reflections in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social @litpress.bsky.social litpress.org/Products/017...

God of salvation, in your wisdom you lead us along the path of life. Prosper the work of lay ecclesial leaders in your Church. Bolster efforts of citizens to address climate change. May God lead us to peace, through Jesus, our Saving Hope. Amen. giveusthisday.org/2025/09/18/i...

"God calls us to share the love and truth of Christ with those we meet. We may not have the gift of healing, and we may not be ordained, but God nevertheless calls us to care for people who are outcast." Read today's reflection from J.D. Long Garcia: giveusthisday.org/2025/09/09/t...

Creating God, you make it our glory to praise you. In joy we pray: God, in your faithful love, hear our prayer: giveusthisday.org/2025/09/05/i...

From today's @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social - may we follow Dom Helder and get close to the poor, and form Abrahamic communities to provide hope as we confront White Christian Nationalism and American Fascism.

Dear friends: Today is the publication date for my new book, "In All Seasons, For All Reasons," Vol. 2 from @litpress.bsky.social I hope this little book (very reasonably priced) helps draw you closer to God in prayer. litpress.org/Products/018...

Blessed Feast of the Assumption! Today, as we celebrate the Assumption of our Blessed Mother, may we also be reminded of God's love for us, both body and soul. Artwork: Mother of Mercy by Ivanka Demchuk

Today we remember St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan Conventual whose death occurred at Auschwitz in 1941, after volunteering to replace Franciszek Gajowniczek, a father and husband who had been chosen for execution by starvation. Read more: giveusthisday.org/2025/08/14/t...

From today's intercessions: God of truth, we praise you for the light that shines through the life of St. Clare, and we pray—help us to live by your Word, O God. Blessed feast of St. Clare!

Blessed Feast of the Transfiguration! Read today's reflection from Mary DeTurris Poust @marydtp.bsky.social, "Any Given Moment:" giveusthisday.org/2025/08/06/a...

Today’s reflection from Give Us This Day

I really enjoyed my conversation with Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago on the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life." His description of his encounter with desolation was so helpful. But what is desolation and how do we work through it? www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/0...

The morning office @ Waynesville, NC. Altitude affects Attitude. @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

Blessed Feast of St. Benedict! Join us in praying for his intercession for peace: Art: Blessed are the Peacemakers by Jen Norton

Read about the gift of centering prayer from one of our Give Us This Day writers:

"In a world longing for peace and compassion, we are called to be the light that leads others to Christ. Through small acts of love, we ignite hope in the hearts of those we encounter. Let us. . .bring Christ’s light to all nations." — Fr. Brendan McGuire giveusthisday.org/2025/06/24/a...

Sister Ann Manganaro. ¡Presente! My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

We're live with Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe! If you didn't get a chance to register, keep your eyes on our posts in coming days for a link to the recording.

The feast of the Visitation, celebrating the sisterhood of two women joined by faith in the God of the Impossible. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

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“I want to see the church so far forward that my successor will not be able to turn back.”—Pope Leo XIII, the previous Leo. Apart from introducing modern Catholic Social Teaching One of his first steps was to make Newman a cardinal. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

May issue of @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social My “Blessed Among Us” include Thoreau, Rosemary Haughton, Walker Percy, Julian of Norwich, Emily Dickinson, Franz Jägerstätter, Jane Addams, and many more.

We join the church in mourning the death of Pope Francis. Pray with us in thanksgiving for the life and legacy of our beloved shepherd: hubs.li/Q03j6pvy0

"Listen! Hear the Word that commands me to wash my neighbors’ feet, that whispers to me, “take up your cross,” that speaks my name and sends me out to make manifest the Good News." Read the Holy Thursday reflection by Michelle Francl-Donnay: offers.litpress.org/holy-thursda...

From last year a link to my webinar on “Saintly Guides for Lent and Easter,” sponsored by @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social I discussed Sts Perpetua and Felicity, Bd Engelmar Unzeitig, Hans and Sophie Scholl, Oscar Romero, Sr Thea Bowman, and Fred Rogers. youtu.be/3S78GEPUdL8?

Fr George Zabelka, chaplain to the air base that launched the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, became a witness for peace. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian, was hanged by the Nazis on April 9 1945. “The church’s task is not simply to bind the wounds of the victim beneath the wheel but also to put a spike in the wheel itself.” My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

Peacemaker Bishop Thomas Gumbleton died a year ago. “Called to be Doers of God’s Word.” My reflections in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

April 2025 issue of @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social My Blessed Among Us include Thomas Gumbleton, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teilhard de Chardin, Cesar Chavez, Catherine of Siena, Daniel Berrigan, many more.

Remembering the anti-fascist message of the Sound of Music. My reflection on Maria von Trapp in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social “It will be very interesting one day to follow the pattern of our life as it is spread out like a beautiful tapestry.”

Thank you @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social from @litpress.bsky.social for featuring my words from my 2018 essay "Praying with the Power of Paradox" today! This essay was first published in @sistersreport.bsky.social and reprinted last year in the book Wisdom from the Global Sisterhood.

Servant of God Joseph Dutton of Molokai. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

Happy Feast of the Annunciation! Reflect on today's feast: giveusthisday.org/2025/03/25/i...

St Oscar Romero, Archbishop and martyr, was killed on this day 45 years ago. My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

Join us in praying today's intercessions on the feast of the Transitus of St. Benedict: Holy God, you inspire us by the faith-filled lives of holy men and women. In company with St. Benedict and all the saints we pray. giveusthisday.org/2025/03/21/i...

In company with St. Patrick we pray: Animate efforts to assist those who hunger or suffer from drought and famine. Accomplish your will in us, O God. ☘️

Join fellow Give Us This Day subscriber, Ryan Murphy, for morning prayer during Lent. Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5NduHJ3... Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! ☘️ To celebrate the day, our friends at Sober St. Patrick's Day have generously shared a short biographical video on St. Patrick featuring text by @robertellsberg.bsky.social. Discover the real story of the heroic life of St. Patrick: youtu.be/YyU3G12-czU?...

Today's Blessed Among Us by @robertellsberg.bsky.social is about Chiara Lubich, the founder of the Focolare movement. Read it here: giveusthisday.org/2025/03/14/c...

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Martin Niemoeller, a Lutheran pastor in Germany, was imprisoned in 1937 as Hitler’s “personal prisoner.” Tho his confinement til war’s end provided an “alibi” for later Nazi crimes, he confessed responsibility, he said, for not protesting sooner. Need I point out the relevance?

My reflections on Sophie Scholl, martyr of the White Rose, beheaded Feb 22 1943. @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

We're at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress this weekend! The Congress begins today, and we've already been visited by some of our contributors, including @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social, @robertellsberg.bsky.social, Fr. Ron Rolheiser, OMI, and Fr. Felix Just, SJ. Stay tuned for more!

Coming out this fall with @litpress.bsky.social 2 reflections per day drawn from my daily entries in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social

Today’s Gospel is a story about eyes and sight. But it is also about hands and touch. Amy Ekeh's reflection on today's Gospel is an excerpt from her new book from @litpress.bsky.social "Stretch Out Your Hand." Read the full reflection: giveusthisday.org/2025/02/19/p...

Feast of Blessed Fra Angelico (d 1455). My reflection in @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social