Give Us This Day

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Deeply rooted in the Catholic Tradition, Give Us This Day is a periodical focused on authentic daily prayer.

Do our parishes welcome incomers from different backgrounds, social and educational levels? When disparities arise, do we address others with discernment and good intent? Read Bonnie Thurston's recent reflection "Welcoming All Voices" ⬇️ giveusthisday.org/2026/05/16/w...

Welcoming All Voices

Today’s second reading depicts the Ephesian church’s congregational culture. They offered fellowship to people of varied social backgrounds, support for itinerant strangers, and restraint in public di...

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For 100 years, Liturgical Press has carried the living voice of the Church forward—rooted in Benedictine wisdom and alive with hope for what’s next. This is where Tradition Meets Tomorrow, and where faith continues to find its voice in a changing world. litpress.org/100

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...

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...

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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...

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.”

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"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...

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.

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