About

Give Us This Day is a monthly publication centered on the Word of God. Drawing inspiration from a multitude of voices, it provides a relevant and trustworthy understanding of Scripture. Whether you have five minutes or a half hour, Give Us This Day supports your desire to pray with:

  • Daily inspiration from the lives of saintly witnesses
  • Insightful, relevant reflections on Scripture
  • Simplified daily prayer for morning and evening

Staff

A woman with short blonde hair and a navy top smiles at the camera; blurred colorful lights are in the background. Heidi Busse
Editor
A smiling bald man with glasses and a black shirt stands in front of a blurred, colorful stained glass background. Aelred Senna, OSB
Publisher
A man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a dark suit jacket and white shirt, smiles in front of a colorful, blurred background. Andrew Mackey
Strategic Marketing & Public Relations
A woman with straight brown hair and a striped shirt smiles in front of a blurred background with colorful lights. Kendra Richards Ohmann
Assistant Editor
A woman with short, curly light brown hair, wearing a dark blazer and a striped collared shirt, smiles at the camera against a dark blue background. Susan Barber, OSB
Intercessions
A middle-aged man with glasses, a gray beard, and graying hair smiling at the camera indoors, with a blurred background. Robert Ellsberg
“Blessed Among Us”
Author
A middle-aged man with glasses, short hair, and a slight smile, wearing a dark suit jacket against a neutral background. James Martin, SJ
“Teach Us To Pray”
Author
A woman with short, light brown hair and glasses is smiling at the camera, wearing a black top. The background is softly blurred. Therese L. Ratliff
Liturgical Press Director

Editorial Advisors

Fr. James Martin, SJ
Kathleen Norris
Sr. Irene Nowell, OSB
Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP
Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI
Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo
Heidi Busse, Editor
Aelred Senna, OSB, Publisher
Cathy Donovan, Associate Publisher
Sr. Regina (Gina) Scaringella, OP, Assistant Editor
Amy Ekeh, Special Content Editor
Kendra Ohmann, Publishing Assistant
Susan Barber, OSB, Intercessions
Robert Ellsberg, “Blessed Among Us”, Author
James Martin, SJ, “Teach Us To Pray”, Author
Therese L. Ratliff, Liturgical Press Director

Editorial Advisors

Fr. James Martin, SJ
Kathleen Norris
Sr. Irene Nowell, OSB
Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, OP
Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI
Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo

Hundreds of Contributors

A great cloud of witnesses feeds the imagination and the spiritual life in the pages of Give Us This Day. Writers and artists from every age, these contributors are lay, religious, and ordained, women and men, single and married. In this cloud you will find mystics and monastics, immigrants and descendants of immigrants, people of all walks of life. Living writers and artists, including many new voices, bring our contemporary world shoulder-to-shoulder with the great voices of our long tradition.

Liturgical Press

Anchored in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Liturgical Press publishes inspiring content for all who seek to deepen their faith and transform their lives. Give Us This Day supports that mission by serving individuals and communities throughout the United States and around the world.

Founded in 1926 by the Benedictine monks of Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, Liturgical Press is committed to spreading the Good News through publications in theology, spirituality, monastic wisdom, liturgy, prayer, preaching, and music. To learn more, visit Liturgical Press.