"If you love Me, you will follow my commands."
Remember that a small offering made well is always better than a big one that can't be maintained—don't try every suggestion on this page; just pick one or two for inspiration.
"Take and eat, This is My Body."
"Give us this day our daily bread" (Mt. 6:11).
Your first task is to love those before you. Do an act of service for someone at home!
Volunteer, visit a cemetery, donate to a food bank. Corporal Works of Mercy
As simple as saying "Jesus, I love You!" or "Holy Trinity, I adore You!"
No one loves Mary more than Christ. Follow his lead.
Pray this week's litany and meditate on it as a guide for your offerings.
Click here for a printable PDF of the Litany of the Love of God
Try bringing this prayer, given to the three children at Fatima, to adoration this week.
"Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee! My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament."
"You shall love the Lord, your God, with your whole heart, and with your whole being, and with your whole strength."
"If I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing" (1 Cor 13:3).
"It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found—not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater."
Do you find it difficult to love in the face of ordinary frustrations? St. Therese was known for her "little way of love," but sometimes her humanity is obsured by her holy reputation. This story reminds us that the greatest saints grew their virtue in the most ordinary circumstances!
We've all lived or worked with someone that we just cannot stand. Though she lived among many holy Carmelite sisters, St. Therese was not exempt from this trial! No matter what happened, there was one sister who never ceased to annoy St. Therese. In response, St. Therese "remembered that charity ought to betray itself in deeds, and not exist merely in the feelings," and so resolved to pray for the sister at every opportunity, praise God for that sister's virtues and merits, and serve her in every possible way. Every encounter became an opportunity for self-mastery.
One day, that sister said to St. Therese, "Tell me what attraction you find in me, for whenever we meet, you greet me with such a sweet smile!" After Therese's death, that same sister wept and declared that she had lost her best friend.
The love that St. Therese showed that sister was no less sincere for the lack of feeling–in fact, it was even greater because it required such dedication.