Daily Inspiration

“Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’ But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” -Luke 18:9-14

What a blessed gift that allows us to see ourselves in Truth through God's eyes. To see yourself in that perfect light humbles you to call out to the Lord in the only prayer possible.

In humble truth, we ask, ‘O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’

Saint Frances of Rome, pray for us.

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Jesus, I trust in you!