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Verse of the Day: 'So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth'
[God] frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. [God] takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end. They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night. But [God] saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, from the hand of the mighty. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
- Job 5:12-16
Verse of the Day: 'The Almighty will not pervert justice'
God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.
- Job 34:12-12
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Voice of the Day: One's virtues must be renewed daily
To attain the promises of God, we need above all continuous exercise in the virtues; for however firm one's commitment to some good may be, if it is not renewed daily, it quickly dies out.
- John Trithemius
Voice of the Day: One's virtues must be renewed daily
To attain the promises of God, we need above all continuous exercise in the virtues; for however firm one's commitment to some good may be, if it is not renewed daily, it quickly dies out.
- John Trithemius
Voice of the Day: One's virtues must be renewed daily
To attain the promises of God, we need above all continuous exercise in the virtues; for however firm one's commitment to some good may be, if it is not renewed daily, it quickly dies out.
- John Trithemius
Voice of the Day: One's virtues must be renewed daily
To attain the promises of God, we need above all continuous exercise in the virtues; for however firm one's commitment to some good may be, if it is not renewed daily, it quickly dies out.
- John Trithemius
Voice of the Day: Worship and Love
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love
- Henry Ward Beecher
Quoted in How Shall We Live by Joan Chittister, OSB.
Verse of the Day: Judging the poor with equity
If a king judges the poor with equity, his throne will be established forever.
Proverbs 29:14-14
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Voice of the Day: 'Being a Christian means refusing all the injustices'
As Christians, we have understood that being a Christian means refusing to accept all the injustices which are committed against our people, refusing to accept the discrimination committed against a humble people who barely know what eating meat is but who are treated worse than horses.
- Rigoberta Menchu
I, Rigoberta: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Voice of the Day: 'Holy, holy, holy is the house of God'
Every time you pick up a piece of trash along the road, say to yourself, "Holy, holy, holy is the house of God."
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Verse of the Day: 'Do not let your hearts be troubled'
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.
- John 14:27-27
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Verse of the Day: 'Woe to you'
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.
- Matthew 23:23-23
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Voice of the Day: Thomas Merton
One is not absolutely alone, one cannot live and die for oneself alone. My life and my death are not purely and simply my own business. I live by and for others, and my death involves others.
- Thomas Merton
from Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
Verse of the Day: 'Do not glean what is left'
When you beat your olive trees, do not strip what is left; it shall be for the alien, the orphan, and the widow. When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, do not glean what is left; it shall be for the alien, the orphan, and the widow. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this.
- Deuteronomy 24:20-22
Voice of the Day: Desert Fathers and Mothers
In whatever work that you do, you should say to yourself at every moment: "If God looks at me, what does [God] see?" Then see how you answer yourself. If you condemn yourself, leave immediately. Stop the work that you were doing and take up something else in order to be sure to reach your destination. For it is necessary that the traveler be always ready to continue on the journey.
- Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Voice of the Day: Dorothy Day
People say, "What good can one person do? What is the sense of our small effort?" They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time. We can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment. But we can beg for an increase of love in our hearts that will
vitalize and transform all our individual actions, and know that God will take them and multiply them, as Jesus multiplied the loaves and the fishes.
- Dorothy Day
from Loaves and Fishes
Verse of the Day: 'Peace to this house'
Whatever house you enter, first say, "Peace to this house!" And if anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you.
- Luke 10:5-6
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Verse of the Day: 'He clothed himself with cursing'
For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death. He loved to curse; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from him. He clothed himself with cursing as his coat, may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones.
- Psalms 109:16-18
Verse of the Day: 'Have regard for your covenant'
Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles your name. Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild animals; do not forget the life of your poor forever. Have regard for your covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the haunts of violence. Do not let the downtrodden be put to shame; let the poor and needy praise your name.
- Psalms 74:18-21
Voice of the Day: Peter of Celle on Reading
Reading is the food, light, lamp, refuge, solace of the soul, the spice of all natural flavors. It feeds the hungry, gives light to the one sitting in darkness, offers bread to the one fleeing shipwreck or war, comforts the contrite heart.
- Peter of Celle
Quoted in Essential Monastic Wisdom, by Hugh Feiss