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  • New Mobile Devotional

    A curated collection of prayers and doctrinal texts, available on any device in multiple languages, even offline.

  • Meditation of the day

    Texts for prayer each day of the liturgical year.

  • June Recollection Kit (2026)

    A recollection is a “mini-retreat,” a few hours of quiet prayer when we look at our lives in God's presence. This guide can help us spend an hour or two in loving conversation with God, right where we are.

Gospel of the day

Commentary on the Gospel: “You will find rest”

07/05/2026

Gospel for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A), and commentary.

  • June 29: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
  • Tuesday's Gospel: In the Arms of our Father God
  • Wednesday's Gospel: Jesus Arrives in Time
  • Thursday's Gospel: Your Sins are Forgiven
  • July 3: Saint Thomas, Apostle
  • Saturday's Gospel: Beside Jesus, a Time for Joy
Message of the day

“Do what you can to know God better”

Every single day, do what you can to know God better, to get acquainted with him, to fall more in love with him each moment, and to think of nothing but of his Love and his glory. You will carry out this plan, my child, if you never, for any reason whatever, give up your times of prayer, your presence of God, with the aspirations and spiritual communions that set you on fire, your unhurried Holy Mass, and your work, finished off well for him. (The Forge, 737)

Your ordinary contact with God takes place where your fellow men, your yearnings, your work and your affections are. There you have your daily encounter with Christ. It is in the midst of the most material things of the earth that we must sanctify ourselves, serving God and all mankind.

I have taught this constantly, using words from holy Scripture. The world is not evil, because it has come from …

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  • “Enlarge your heart”
  • “You will have to look for souls”
  • “How do you expect them to listen to you”
  • "He chose to experience fatigue and tiredness"
  • “Practice charity without setting any limits”
  • Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
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