the Web Editors

The online editorial staff comprises Betsy Shirley, Jenna Barnett, Josiah R. Daniels, Mitchell Atencio, Heather Brady, Kierra Bennning, and Zachary Lee.

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Verse of the Day: Peace Through Prayer

by the Web Editors 09-23-2009

Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Voice of the Day: St. Maria Skobtsova

by the Web Editors 09-23-2009

I am your message, Lord. Throw me like a blazing torch into the night, that all may see and understand what it means to be a disciple.

Prayer of the Day: Poverty

by the Web Editors 09-23-2009

Creator of all people, burn in our hearts the value of the poor, sear our consciences with the reminder that when we look down on the poor, we denigrate their Maker.

Prayer of the Day: Neighbors

by the Web Editors 09-21-2009

God who seeks the reconciliation of all people, we pray for our neighbors, for those who live around us.

Voice of the Day: Melba Maggay

by the Web Editors 09-21-2009

You may have an army of bleeding hearts tending the sorrowful and the hungry and yet not see an end to the causes of hunger and thirst.

Verse of the Day: 'You shall not oppress'

by the Web Editors 09-21-2009

You shall not oppress a resident alien; you know the heart of an alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

- Exodus 23:9

Verse of the Day: God's Steadfast Love

by the Web Editors 09-14-2009

Deep calls to deep

at the thunder of your cataracts;

all your waves and your billows

have gone over me.

By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,

Voice of the Day: Julian of Norwich

by the Web Editors 09-14-2009

As truly as God is our Father, so truly is God our Mother. Our Father wills, our Mother works, our good Lord the Holy Spirit confirms.

Prayer of the Day: Afghanistan

by the Web Editors 09-14-2009

Prince of Peace, we lift up our brothers and sisters in Afghanistan.

Verse of the Day:

by the Web Editors 09-10-2009

Jesus answered them, "Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

Prayer of the Day: Those on Death Row

by the Web Editors 09-10-2009

Life-giving God, we pray for all those to be executed around the world, particularly those on death row in the U.S., so many of whom are poor.

Voice of the Day: Dorothy Day

by the Web Editors 09-10-2009

The only way to live in any true security is to live so close to the bottom

that when you fall you do not have far to drop, you do not have much to lose.

Prayer of the Day: Students

by the Web Editors 09-09-2009

We pray, Jesus our teacher, that you care for all young students returning to schools. We pray especially for those who receive free or reduced meals at school.

Voice of the Day: St. Marcella

by the Web Editors 09-09-2009

By heaven’s grace, captivity has found me a poor woman, not made me one. Now I shall go in want of daily bread, but I shall not feel hunger, since I am full of Christ.

Verse of the Day: 'people loved darkness rather than light'

by the Web Editors 09-09-2009

And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

Verse of the Day: 'the upright are an abomination to the wicked'

by the Web Editors 09-08-2009

The unjust are an abomination to the righteous,

but the upright are an abomination to the wicked.

- Proverbs 29:27

Prayer of the Day: The Earth

by the Web Editors 09-08-2009

Let us pray for an end to the waste and desecration of God’s creation, for access to the fruits of creation to be shared equally among all people, and for communities and nations to find sus

Voice of the Day: St. Jeanne de Chantal

by the Web Editors 09-08-2009

Sometimes put yourself very simply before God, certain of his presence everywhere, and without any effort, whisper very softly to his sacred heart whatever your own heart prompts you to say.

Verse of the Day: 'Hear the rebuke of the wise'

by the Web Editors 09-07-2009

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

- Ecclesiastes 7:5

Prayer of the Day: Laborers

by the Web Editors 09-07-2009

God who cares for the weary, we pray for all who work more than one job in order to provide for their families.