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

Bringing God to the World • God sent his Son, born of a woman, …so that we might receive adoption as sons. GALATIANS 4:4-5

John the Humble Baptist • I baptize with water; but there is one among you whom you do not recognize, the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. JOHN 1:26-27

The Name of Jesus • Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 1 JOHN 3:2

Bringing Souls to Jesus • [Andrew] first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” which is translated Christ. Then he brought him to Jesus. JOHN 1:41-42

Follow God’s Plan • And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. MATTHEW 2:9

Don’t Hide the Gospel • When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. MATTHEW 4:12

Using Our Fragments • They all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments and what was left of the fish. MARK 6:42-43

Perfect Love • …perfect love drives out fear… 1 JOHN 4:18

Identifying Prophets • The Spirit of the Lord is upon me… LUKE 4:18

Courageous Faith • Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do will it. Be made clean.” And the leprosy left him immediately. LUKE 5:13

Belonging • We know that we belong to God… 1 JOHN 5:19

Temples of the Holy Spirit • He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit… LUKE 3:16

Two Steps to Success • Repent, and believe in the Gospel. MARK 1:15

Caring for Creation • All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, the fishes of the sea, and whatever swims the paths of the seas. PSALM 8:8-9

The Reason for Every Season • For this purpose have I come. MARK 1:38

The Bottom of the Muck • If you wish, you can make me clean. MARK 1:40

Above and Beyond • They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. MARK 2:3

The God Who Knows Us • No creature is concealed from him… HEBREWS 4:13

‘For Some Benefit’ • To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:7

Not So Fast • Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? MARK 2:19

Feeling Overlooked? • God is not unjust so as to overlook your work… HEBREWS 6:10

Eyes of Love • [Jesus said,] “Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?” But [the Pharisees] remained silent. MARK 3:4

Calling on Jesus • Jesus is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to make intercession for them. HEBREWS 7:25

Learning to Love God’s Law • I will put my laws in their minds and I will write them upon their hearts. HEBREWS 8:10

Tell the Story • For you will be his witness before all to what you have seen and heard. ACTS 22:15

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