LIVE IT TODAY: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Do not fear what surrounds you—let Me heal your heart, for from there your life truly flows.
LIVE IT TODAY: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
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GOD’S DECLARATION TO YOU TODAY
Do not fear what surrounds you—let Me heal your heart, for from there your life truly flows.
INVOCATION
Come, Holy Spirit! Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, open my heart to hear and receive all that You desire for me. Draw me ever more deeply into the Love and Life of the Blessed Trinity!
GOSPEL | Mark 7:14-23
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;
but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
When he got home away from the crowd
his disciples questioned him about the parable.
He said to them,
“Are even you likewise without understanding?
Do you not realize that everything
that goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
since it enters not the heart but the stomach
and passes out into the latrine?”
(Thus he declared all foods clean.)
“But what comes out of the man, that is what defiles him.
From within the man, from his heart,
come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,
adultery, greed, malice, deceit,
licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly.
All these evils come from within and they defile.”
EVERY DAY QUESTION
What struck you? Challenged you? Inspired you? What questions did it raise?
GOING DEEPER
The true battleground of holiness is the human heart.
Jesus shatters a deeply ingrained assumption: that corruption comes primarily from the outside. Food, contact, environment, even cultural contamination—none of these, He says, are the decisive source of impurity. The real issue lies deeper.
In biblical language, the “heart” is not merely emotional. The Greek kardia names the center of the person—the place of desire, decision, memory, and will. Jesus is not softening the moral life; He is intensifying it. The problem is not what we consume, but what we consent to.
Notice the shift in setting. Jesus speaks publicly to the crowd, then explains privately to His disciples at home. Formation happens in intimacy. Truth is clarified not in slogans, but in relationship. The same is true for our families.
The list Jesus gives is sobering. These are not random sins; they are patterns that fracture communion. Left unaddressed, they do not remain hidden. What lives in the heart eventually speaks, acts, and shapes the atmosphere of a home.
This Gospel is a direct word to the domestic church. Parents instinctively worry about external threats—media, culture, influences. Yet Jesus insists that the deeper work is interior. A home is protected not only by filters and rules, but by formed hearts.
The Enemy thrives on distraction and deflection, convincing us that holiness is about managing appearances. Jesus calls us inward, where grace does its most decisive work. Purity is not cosmetic; it is courageous.
Build saint-forming homes by tending first to the heart, pray over your children by name for interior freedom and integrity, and act boldly in the power of the Holy Spirit, trusting that when Christ reigns within your family’s hearts, what flows outward will give life.
“The heart is the seat of moral personality: ‘Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication…’” (CCC 2517)
LIFE APPLICATION QUESTIONS
In My Heart: What interior habit or attitude is the Lord inviting me to confront today?
In My Home: How can we help one another grow in interior honesty and virtue, not just good behavior?
In My World: What might God be calling me to witness through a purified heart?
FAMILY LIVE IT
Make some time today to gather together and, going around, share one way you want God to strengthen your heart this week.
Then pray together aloud. As parents, place a hand on each person and pray over them by name, asking that they know God’s love personally, be freed from the Enemy’s lies, be strengthened to overcome temptation, and be filled with joy to live the Gospel from the inside out.
Daily Challenge: Choose one moment today to pause, examine your heart, and ask the Holy Spirit to purify your intentions.
DAILY PARENT & GRANDPARENT BLESSING
LORD JESUS CHRIST, let Your holy anointing be upon each of our children, grandchildren, and godchildren this day and week, including all to whom they are called in vocation, and all future generations! In Your Sacred Name we claim them for You! We renounce all whispers, lies, and influences of the Enemy! We pray right now that each know Your loving Presence, be forged in virtue, and be flooded with an abundance of Your Holy Spirit to live fully their identity and mission in You now and through all eternity, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother! Amen.
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GOING VERTICAL
“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10
Just as the vertical beam upholds the horizontal beam of the Cross, so too does undistracted, dedicated daily turning to God as our lifeblood uphold and strengthen every part of life. Start with just three minutes. Wait patiently for the breakthrough beyond the noise. Let Him speak.
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