Give Us This Day

Our publisher Br. Aelred with author of Blessed Among Us, Robert Ellsberg at LAREC this past weekend.

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It is an incredible privlege to write things that people pray with including today's reflection in Give Us This Day. @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social.

How to be an extraordinary Catholic during Ordinary Time There is no reason that Ordinary Time must be ordinary. It can be special if we use it to deepen our experience of the Scriptures and prayer.

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Everyday saints with Robert Ellsberg From Hagar to Mother Mary Lange, from St. Valentine to Mister Rogers, this collection finds holiness across time and space.

"God invites us to more, right here, right now. How will we respond?"

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Intercessions - Give Us This Day God of salvation, in your wisdom you lead us along the path of life.

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.

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The Gift of Healing - Give Us This Day In the time of Jesus, society did not care for sick people as it does today.

"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...

Intercessions - Give Us This Day Creating God, you make it our glory to praise you.

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.

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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

The Ways of Heroic Love - Give Us This Day Today we remember St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan Conventual whose death occurred at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland in 1941, after volunteering to replace Franciszek Gajowniczek, a father a...

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!

Any Given Moment - Give Us This Day For the longest time, the Transfiguration was something I simply could not wrap my spiritual arms around.

Blessed Feast of the Transfiguration!

Read today's reflection from Mary DeTurris Poust @marydtp.bsky.social, "Any Given Moment:"

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Today’s reflection from Give Us This Day

What is spiritual desolation—and how does God get us out of it? “The definition of desolation is notoriously slippery,” Father James Martin writes. “It is not simply a period of dryness in prayer, which is common to everyone.”

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:

A Trail of Light - Give Us This Day In ancient England, the streets were lit by gas and there was a person who went from light to light turning on the gas and lighting the lamp.

"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

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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