Spiritual Weather Reports Challenge: Try to be prompt in following the inspirations of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus’ Fire Must Be My Own Challenge: Strive to set a good spiritual example for your family and invite someone who has strayed to consider coming back.
It’s So Hard to Get Good Help Challenge: When your patience is tested, pause and ask yourself, “How does the Lord want me to handle this situation?”
Holy Gospel: October 26 "The Kingdom of God is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch of dough was leavened." (Luke 13:18-21)
Holy Gospel: October 25 "He laid his hands on her, and she at once stood up straight and glorified God." (Luke 13:10-17)
Holy Gospel: October 24 "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted." (Luke 18:9-14)
Reinforcements At a time of the year when everything seems to be heading toward "the dark" we have been given a support system that is almost unimaginable.
Spiritual Readiness Challenge: Review your life choices according to God’s standards.
Me? An Apostle? Challenge: When facing an obstacle today, pray for God’s assistance rather than relying only on yourself.
Never Lose Heart Challenge: Make an act of humility before our Lord in the Eucharist.
Into the Lion’s Mouth Challenge: When faced with any worry today, pray “Jesus, I trust in you.”
Holy Gospel: October 19 "Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival." (Luke 12:35-38)
Holy Gospel: October 18 "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." (Luke 10:1-9)
Holy Gospel: October 17 Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. (Luke 18:1-8)
Holy Gospel: October 16 "I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God." (Luke 12:8-12)
Holy Gospel: October 15 "There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed on the housetops." (Luke 12:1-7)
Fear of Demons Does it make you more comfortable to believe that "evil forces" really don't exist? Maybe you're putting yourself in a dangerous position?
History Need Not Repeat Itself Challenge: Offer to God today the sacrifice necessary to change something in your behavior that might be an obstacle for someone else coming to know Christ better.
Holy Gospel: October 14 "Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter." (Luke 11:47-54)
The Grumpy Catholics Guild Challenge: Instead of thinking critically about someone today, pray for them and look for their good qualities.
Holy Gospel: October 13 “Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. " (Luke 11:42-46)