Day 201: Throughout the Whole World

11/3/2025

We acknowledge and pray for all believers throughout the world.

Day 200: Guard, Unite, and Govern

11/2/2025

We ask that the Church be spared from persecution, division, and chaos.

Day 199: Grant her Peace

11/1/2025

We petition God to grant peace to his Church.

Day 198: Your Holy Catholic Church

10/31/2025

We ask God to protect and guide his Holy and Catholic Church.

Day 197: Gifts, Offerings, and Unblemished Sacrifices

10/30/2025

The three types of sacrifice reflect the three parts of the Mystical Body of Christ.

Day 196: Accept and Bless

10/29/2025

We ask God to accept and bless the sacrifice we offer to him.

Day 195: Through Jesus Christ

10/28/2025

The Eucharistic Sacrifice is offered in, with, and through Jesus Christ.

Day 194: Humble Prayer and Petition

10/27/2025

We offer our prayers and petitions to God with profound humility.

Day 193: Most Merciful Father

10/26/2025

We begin the Holy Sacrifice by acknowledging the Father as “most merciful.

Day 192: Kneeling in Adoration

10/25/2025

The faithful kneel in homage during the Eucharistic Sacrifice.

Day 191: The Catacombs and the Canon

10/24/2025

The Roman Canon was collated from the various prayers of the catacombs.

Day 190: The Roman Canon

10/23/2025

The Roman Canon holds an ancient preeminence among the various Eucharistic Prayers.

Day 189: Directed to the Father

10/22/2025

The Eucharistic Sacrifice is directed to God the Father.

Day 188: The Great Eucharistic Prayer

10/21/2025

The Great Eucharistic Prayer initiates the mystery of the Holy Sacrifice of the Lord.

Day 187: Angels Among Us

10/20/2025

The angels are present around the altar during the Holy Sacrifice.

Day 186: The Choirs of Angels

10/19/2025

The angels sing to God during the Holy Sacrifice.

Day 185: The Acclamations of Palm Sunday

10/18/2025

The acclamations of Palm Sunday we echoed in the Holy Sacrifice.

Day 184: The Prophet’s Vision

10/17/2025

The Prophet Isaiah saw and heard the angels declare God to be thrice holy.

Day 183: Let us Give Thanks

10/16/2025

The priest calls us to give thanks to God for the gift of being present at his altar.

Day 182: Lift Up Your Hearts

10/15/2025

The priest calls us to focus and to lift up our hearts to God.

Day 181: The Lord be with You

10/14/2025

The priest again wishes God’s presence upon us.

Day 180: The Preface Prayer

10/13/2025

The Preface is the great prelude to the Eucharistic Prayer.

Day 179: Prayers Over the Gifts

10/12/2025

The Prayer Over the Gifts is a supplication that God might bless what has been offered.

Day 178: The Good of all His Holy Church

10/11/2025

We ask that our sacrifice might help the entire Church.

Day 177: For Our Good

10/10/2025

We pray that our sacrifice might help us as we see salvation in Jesus Christ.

Day 176: Praise and Glory of His Name

10/9/2025

First and foremost, the sacrifice of our lives is offered for the praise and glory of God.

Day 175: May God Accept

10/8/2025

We ask God to accept the sacrifice of our lives.

Day 174: May be Acceptable

10/7/2025

We pray that the sacrifice of our lives might be found acceptable to God.

Day 173: My Sacrifice and Yours

10/6/2025

The priest acknowledges both the sacrifice of the Lord and the sacrifice of his people.

Day 172: Pray, Brothers and Sisters

10/5/2025

The priest calls us to prayer as we begin the Holy Sacrifice.

Day 171: Wash Away my Iniquity

10/4/2025

The washing of the priest’s hands represents our plea for God’s mercy.

Day 170: Prayers Rising to God

10/3/2025

Incense is an ancient act of worship that represents our prayers rising to God.

Day 169: Be Pleasing to You

10/2/2025

We pray that our sacrifice will be pleasing and acceptable to God.

Day 168: Humble Spirit, Contrite Heart

10/1/2025

We are not worthy to be at the altar of God.

Day 167: Wine and Water

9/30/2025

The wine and water of the Holy Sacrifice symbolize the Lord’s human and divine natures.

Day 166: Our Spiritual Drink

9/29/2025

We declare that the simple wine of the earth will become our true Spiritual Drink.

Day 165: The Bread of Life

9/28/2025

We declare that the simple bread of the earth will become the true Bread of Life.

Day 164: Work of Human Hands

9/27/2025

The bread and wine come from our work and express the sacrifice of our lives.

Day 163: “Blessed are you, Lord God…”

9/26/2025

The Offertory prayers are marked by blessings to God.

Day 162: Only in Jesus Christ

9/25/2025

Our sacrifice is only acceptable in Jesus Christ.

Day 161: Joys and Sufferings

9/24/2025

During the Offertory, we give God the joys and sufferings of our lives.

Day 160: Take, Lord, Receive

9/23/2025

We offer ourselves to God and ask him to receive offering with the Holy Sacrifice.

Day 159: My Soul with the Wine

9/22/2025

In the Offertory, we offer our souls to God along with the wine.

Day 158: My Body with the Bread

9/21/2025

In the Offertory, we offer our bodies to God along with the bread.

Day 157: Our Preparation for the Sacrifice

9/20/2025

During the Offertory, the baptized prepare to offer themselves for sacrifice.

Day 156: Bread and Wine

9/19/2025

The simple things of life are used for our highest act of worship.

Day 155: The Offertory Procession

9/18/2025

Bread and wine are processed up for the Holy Sacrifice.

Day 154: The Collection

9/17/2025

The collection is taken up during the Offertory as a sign of our surrender to God.

Day 153: Sacred Vessels and Sacramental Linens

9/16/2025

The Eucharistic Sacrifice is honored by the use of sacred vessels and sacramental linens.

Day 152: The Preparation of the Altar and Gifts

9/15/2025

The Liturgy of the Eucharist is for those who are baptized.

Day 151: Our Baptismal Dignity

9/14/2025

Our Baptismal Dignity

Day 150: The Dismissal of the Catechumens

9/13/2025

The portion of the Mass for the catechumens has ended.

Day 149: The Word Has Been Proclaimed

9/12/2025

The Liturgy of the Word comes to a close with the Prayers of the Faithful.

Day 148: Pressing Needs and Petitions

9/11/2025

We also remember any pressing needs and petitions in the Prayers of the Faithful.

Day 147: The Sick and Suffering

9/10/2025

In the Prayers of the Faithful, we pray for those in need, especially the sick and suffering.

Day 146: Church Leaders

9/9/2025

In the Prayers of the Faithful, we pray for the leaders of the Church.

Day 145: Civil Leaders

9/8/2025

In the Prayers of the Faithful, we pray for our political leaders.

Day 144: The Prayers of the Faithful

9/7/2025

After the Creed, we present our petitions to God in the Prayers of the Faithful.

Day 143: Resurrection of the Dead

9/6/2025

In the Creed, we express our faith in the Resurrection of the dead.

Day 142: One Baptism

9/5/2025

In the Creed, we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins.

Day 141: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

9/4/2025

In the Creed, along with the Holy Spirit, we state the four marks of the Church.

Day 140: The Prophetic Witness

9/3/2025

In the Creed, we recognize the power of the prophets in salvation history.

Day 139: Adored and Glorified

9/2/2025

We acknowledge that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are mutually adored and glorified.

Day 138: The Lord and Giver of Life

9/1/2025

After the Father and the Son, the Creed proclaims the Spirit as the Lord and Giver of Life.

Day 137: The Living and the Dead

8/31/2025

In the Creed, we declare Jesus Christ as the Lord and Judge of the living and the dead.

Day 136: Bowing to the Incarnation

8/30/2025

During the Creed, we bow in homage during the declaration of the Lord’s Incarnation.

Day 135: The Co-Eternal Son

8/29/2025

After the Father, the Creed clearly teaches about the co-eternal Son.

Day 134: God the Father

8/28/2025

The Creed begins with a declaration of God as Father.

Day 133: I Believe – We Believe

8/27/2025

In the Creed, we declare our personal faith and the public faith of the whole Church.

Day 132: The Nicene Creed

8/26/2025

The Nicene Creed is a developed form of the earlier Apostle’s Creed.

Day 131: The Creed and the Eucharist

8/25/2025

The Creed is the Word proclaimed, and the Eucharist is the Word made flesh.

Day 130: The Creed and the Way of the Lord

8/24/2025

The Creed leads us to faith in Jesus Christ and to the faithfully following of his Way.

Day 129: Saint Paul and the Creed

8/23/2025

Saint Paul references the Apostle’s Creed in his apostolic writings.

Day 128: The Creed and the Gospel Books

8/22/2025

The earliest Creed of the Church prepared the way for the Gospel books.

Day 127: The Kerygma – Our Core Beliefs

8/21/2025

The Creed contains the kerygma, the core beliefs of the Christian faith.

Day 126: The Homily and the Creed

8/20/2025

The homily points us to the Creed and the Creed is the crowning fruit of the homily.

Day 125: A Standing “Yes” for God

8/19/2025

After we’ve been convicted by the homily, we stand and declare our faith in the Creed.

Day 124: Good Listeners, Bad Homilies

8/18/2025

There are no bad homilies when there are good listeners.

Day 123: Our Tradition of Preaching

8/17/2025

The Catholic Church has a long and beautiful tradition of strong preaching.

Day 122: Receiving Faith through Hearing

8/16/2025

The faith is received through hearing and the homily is a way to receive God’s Word.

Day 121: A Demanding Task

8/15/2025

The homily is about God and is a demanding task for the sacred minister.

Day 120: The Call to Conviction

8/14/2025

The homily is a call to greater conversion to the Lord Jesus.

Day 119: God’s Presence Through Preaching

8/13/2025

God’s presence is manifested through the prophetic preaching of the sacred minister.

Day 118: Prophetic Preaching

8/12/2025

The homily is meant to prophetically teach and apply God’s Word to God’s people.

Day 117: Seeking to Learn

8/11/2025

As we sit for the homily, we are to have eager hearts to learn about the ways of God.

Day 116: Kissing the Gospel

8/10/2025

After the proclamation of the Gospel, the sacred minister reverently kisses the Gospel.

Day 115: Direct Address

8/9/2025

Before and after the Gospel Reading, we directly address the Lord Jesus.

Day 114: God’s Word Goes Out

8/8/2025

As the Gospel is proclaimed, God’s Word is sent forth to transform the world.

Day 113: The Lord is Speaking to Us

8/7/2025

In the Gospel, the Lord Jesus is speaking to us and to our circumstances in life.

Day 112: The Mystical Proclamation

8/6/2025

It is the Lord Jesus who is mystically proclaiming the Gospel through the sacred minister.

Day 111: Desiring to Hear God

8/5/2025

Our actions show our inner desire to hear God speak to us.

Day 110: Blessing our Minds, Mouths, and Hearts

8/4/2025

We bless our minds, mouths, and hearts to receive the Gospel.

Day 109: Standing for God’s Word

8/3/2025

We stand in reverence for the proclamation of the Gospel.

Day 108: A Penitential Adjustment

8/2/2025

During Lent, the “Alleluia” is suspended as a penance.

Day 107: “Praise God”

8/1/2025

The word Alleluia means “praise God” and it expresses the joy in our hearts.

Day 106: Joy and Exultation

7/31/2025

The Gospel Reading is greeted with exclamations of joy and exultation.

Day 105: God’s Message for Me

7/30/2025

The teachings of the apostolic letter applies to us in our lives.

Day 104: The Importance of the Apostolic Letters

7/29/2025

The apostolic letters help us to understand our discipleship and the teachings of the Lord

Day 103: The Format of the Apostolic Letters

7/28/2025

There are two main groups of authors of the apostolic letters of the New Testament.

Day 102: Sacrament and Document

7/27/2025

The “New Testament” was a sacrament before it was a document.