Living Faith

Keep God at the center of your life with Living Faith Daily Devotions for Catholics. Living Faith provides Scripturally based reflections for every day of the year. With reflections, prayers and spiritual resources, Living Faith fosters and promotes daily prayer, reminding Catholics of their call to “pray always” and to be active in service to their church and community. Timely, inexpensive and easy to use, Living Faith will become a cherished part of your daily prayer life. For decades, Living Faith has provided true enrichment that carries readers through their day and beyond.

Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. – Luke 2:19

Living Faith

Living Joyfully in the New Year • So you are no longer a slave but a son… Galatians 4:7

Do They See Jesus? • …but there is one among you whom you do not recognize… John 1:26

Whose We Are • Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. 1 John 3:2

‘Come, and You Will See’ • Jesus…said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi…where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” John 1:38-39

Laying Down One's Life for Children • The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us. 1 John 3:16

‘You Are My Beloved’ • And a voice came from the heavens, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” Mark 1:11

New Paths • …they departed for their country by another way. Matthew 2:12

We Are Called to Reach Out • A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench, until he establishes justice on the earth. Isaiah 42:3

Holding Nothing Back in Prayer • was only pouring out my troubles to the Lord. 1 Samuel 1:15

Listening for God • Speak…for your servant is listening. 1 Samuel 3:10

Don't Get in the Way • He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. Mark 1:45

Living Examples • Now that you are old, and your sons do not follow your example, appoint a king over us, as other nations have, to judge us. 1 Samuel 8:5

Fruitful Resolutions • Follow me. Mark 2:14

When God Calls • Samuel answered, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” 1 Samuel 3:10

New Wineskins • Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Mark 2:22

Lord of the Sabbath • Then [Jesus] said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.” Mark 2:27-28

Basic Training • Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war. Psalm 144:1

Speaking Reason, Speaking Truth • …[David] has committed no offense against you, but has helped you very much by his deeds. 1 Samuel 19:4

The True Judge • The Lord will be the judge; he will decide between me and you. 1 Samuel 24:16

Forever Young • They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan… 2 Samuel 1:12

We Are Passing Through • For the world in its present form is passing away. 1 Corinthians 7:31

Listen to the Voices of Pregnant Women • My faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him… Psalm 89:25

Praying With Abandon • Then David, girt with a linen apron, came dancing before the Lord with abandon… 2 Samuel: 6:14

Rich Soil • The mystery of the Kingdom of God has been granted to you. Mark 4:11

Persecution to Proclamation • Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? Acts 22:7

Faith and Friendship • I am grateful to God…as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day. 2 Timothy 1:3

The Stinging Truth • Then...