Category: Verse of the Day

Saint Marianne Cope (1838–1918) was a Franciscan religious sister known for her heroic charity and fearless service to those suffering from leprosy. Born in Germany and raised in the United States, she became a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Syracuse and later volunteered to serve in the leper colony on the island of…

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

Be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.

For the Lord detests the perverse    but takes the upright into his confidence. The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,    but he blesses the home of the righteous.