Daily Reflections by Cathy
July 14, 2025 Reflection – May your crosses be your means in the battle…
May your crosses be your means in the battle…
July 14, 2025
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
Dear Family of Mary!
Today is the Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha! Kateri is remembered for her courage and her humility. It says in the Magnificat:
“Tekakwitha was born in the Mohawk village of Osssernenon (Auriesville, New York). As a young girl, she lost her parents and brother to smallpox. Moved by the preaching of Jesuit missionaries, she was baptized at the age of twenty, taking the name Kateri after Catherine of Siena. Like her namesake, she was drawn into intimate communion with God and suffered persecution for his sake. Her fellow Indians withheld her food on Sundays and pelted her with rocks as she entered the chapel. She escaaped to the Jesuit mission near Montreal, where she spent the last three years of her life giving herself to prayer, mortification, and works of charity. Kateri died in 1680.” (Taken from the Magnificat, July 2025, Vol. 27, No.5)
It always touches me deeply that Kateri lost her family at a young age, and then was treated so poorly by her tribe because of her conversion to Catholicism. Her faith must have been rock solid, for her to endure so much mistreatment. And her humility shines forth as a testament of her love for Jesus.
Our Lady asks us to be humble and to bear our crosses willingly, like Kateri. Here is one message:
October 2, 2010
“Dear children;
Today I call you to a humble, my children, humble devotion.
Your hearts need to be just.
May your crosses be your means
in the battle against the sins of the present time.
May your weapon be patience and boundless love,
a love that knows to wait
and which will make you capable
of recognizing God’s signs,
that your life, by humble love,
may show the truth to all those
who seek it in the darkness of lies…
My children, my apostles,
help me to open the paths to my Son.
Once again I call you to pray for your shepherds.
Alongside them, I will triumph. Thank you.”
Our Mother is not afraid to call us to walk a difficult road. She knows that as we follow her Son, we will encounter the same difficulties and crosses that He encountered. Kateri also encountered those difficulties. Her example is a big help for us in our lives. She knew all about loneliness, persecution, and trials, but she conquered them all through her deep love for Jesus. We are called to the same deep love for Jesus! We are called by Mother Mary, who shows us the way to endure, and to conquer all trials and troubles. Humility and love are the tools we need to endure and succeed.
Blessings today to you all!!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
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