Uplifting Thoughts for Every Day. Minute meditations for every day of the year containing a scripture reading, a reflection, and a prayer. Fr. Catoir teaches us that one can eliminate negative thinking, and improve one's emotional life, by putting on the indomitable will to count one's blessings and choosing to be happy by filling one's mind with uplifting thoughts. Dura-Lux, 192 pages. 4" width x 6-1/4" height. Author: Fr. John Catoir for Catholic Book Publishing Corp.