this is our daily bread

Devotions

Begin Your Day in Prayer

Sign up to receive our daily devotions straight to your inbox. It's the best way to begin.

{formbuilder:MTAxMDE1}

Saint Paul TRIED to Warn You, But You Got Married Anyway - Blessed Is She

Saint Paul TRIED to Warn You, But You Got Married Anyway

Oh, Saint Paul, you crack me up. Always truthful, never one to mince words. I like to imagine him patting a distraught young wife on the hand as she tearfully...
September 12, 2018
How to Question an Angel and Speak to Tell the Tale - Blessed Is She

How to Question an Angel and Speak to Tell the Tale

In the gospel reading on Wednesday of this week, and again tomorrow, on Christmas Eve, we hear the story of the Annunciation to Mary: How the Angel Gabriel appears to...
December 23, 2017
It’s the End of the World, and I Feel Fine - Blessed Is She

It’s the End of the World, and I Feel Fine

Riots, floods, the sun going out . . . it’s easy to wonder if these are the End Times we’ve heard so much about. Well, guess what? They totally are....
November 16, 2017
Just Burn Me at the Stake, Already - Blessed Is She

Just Burn Me at the Stake, Already

In today’s Gospel, Jesus says, “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more.” (Luke 12:4) Throughout...
October 20, 2017
Not Now . . . But How About Now? - Blessed Is She

Not Now . . . But How About Now?

Seasons of life. That’s what it so often comes down to. I can’t do this thing now, even though I know how good it would be for me, because ....
September 06, 2017
Drowning in Everything I Ever Wanted - Blessed Is She

Drowning in Everything I Ever Wanted

The disciples have been up all night, being tossed about by waves. It’s sometime between three and six in the morning when they are frightened to see a ghostly figure...
August 13, 2017
We've All Got the Disease - Blessed Is She

We've All Got the Disease

First Reading: Hebrews 3:7-14 The Holy Spirit says: Oh, that today you would hear his voice, "Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion in the day of testing in...
January 12, 2017
Tender Compassion on the Eve of Our Lord's Birth - Blessed Is She

Tender Compassion on the Eve of Our Lord's Birth

First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8B-12, 14A, 16 When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he...
December 24, 2016
Our Work Matters - Blessed Is She

Our Work Matters

First Reading: Malachi 3:19-20A Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will...
November 13, 2016
Calling God Our Father - Blessed Is She

Calling God Our Father

First Reading: Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14 Brothers and sisters: After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. I went up in accord with a...
October 05, 2016
Remember, Beloved - Blessed Is She

Remember, Beloved

First Reading: Jude 17, 20B-25 Beloved, remember the words spoken beforehand by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. Build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the...
May 28, 2016
Hope Anew - Blessed Is She

Hope Anew

Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord First Reading: Acts 1:1-11 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was...
May 05, 2016