# Thursday, January 1, 2026 - Today's Readings: [USCCB](https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010126.cfm) for the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. - [[day-01-daily-prayer-for-seminarians-and-priests|Daily Prayer for Seminarians and Priests - Let us pray for seminarian Deacon Solomon Akpan]] - [[day-01-daily-prayer-for-seminarians-and-priests|Day 01 - Daily Prayer for Seminarians and Priests:]][Let us pray for Deacon Solomon](https://d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net/staging/2025-11-3/871bb255-a53d-347a-32c5-703b34d6ea46.mp3) - Divine Intimacy Meditation is [[382-motherhood-bvm|382. Feast of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary]] or [[36-the-octave-of-the-nativity-of-our-lord|36. The Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord (p. 103)]] - My latest pondering: [[20251230-blessed-hunger-thirst-justice|Blessed Are They That Hunger and Thirst After Justice: The Resistance of Anna]] - [[20251230-prayer-reminder|Monthly Prayer Reminder for JP - December 30]] and a note from JP. [[20260102-friday|Next →]]