Quote of the Week | January 24, 2022

“Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, “Love your enemies.” It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving...

The Lord of hosts was with him.

SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH (MEMORIAL) The Lord of hosts was with him.  We see David in today’s first reading as he is being anointed king by all the elders of Israel. David’s story fills forty chapters in the first and second books of...

Great is the generosity you showed me today.

SAINT AGNES, VIRGIN AND MARTYR (MEMORIAL) Great is the generosity you showed me today.  David is a wonderful example of the virtue of forbearance. Just look at the way he responds to Saul’s jealousy and desire to kill him. Saul relentlessly pursues David, even though...

Jonathan then spoke well of David.

SAINT FABIAN, POPE AND MARTYR (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Jonathan then spoke well of David.  What a friend David had in Jonathan! King Saul, Jonathan’s father, was angry and resentful enough to want to kill David. Why? Because women in Saul’s kingdom were singing David’s...

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