Wednesday, September 9th
St. Peter Claver (Priest, 1581-1654)
Jeremiah 1:4-9. Acts 26:19-27

You who are blest with so many of life’s good things are challenged by the Father’s’ Word and by the example of compassionate love in others. Think on these things, beloved of the Father and of Me, and pray that the grace and power of Our redeeming, sanctifying love enter your heart and mind and orientate your response according to the will and living purpose of the Father of one and all. Our loving Holy Spirit empowers and leads and guides all who, in faith and trust and absolute self-giving, offer all they have and all they are to the Father’s dynamic loving purpose.

(As Peter Claver often said in His dedicated life of active, compassionate service, ‘We must speak to them with our hands before we try to speak to them with our lips’. From Saints of the Day by Foley and McCloskey page 236.)