12th August – St. Jane Frances de Chantal
In prayer, more is accomplished by listening than by talking. With God there is no need for long speeches. In heaven the angels utter no other word than this: 'HOLY.
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11th August – St. Clare of Assisi
Love Him totally, who gave Himself totally for your love.
19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
My dear brothers and sisters, since Jesus said, "Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more," we have been entrusted with much so let us start preparing ourselves for the kingdom of heaven by coming closer to God through a personal growth in our spiritual lives, by truly accepting the word of God and by living out the gospel of Christ we profess.
9th August - St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Our love of neighbour is the measure of our love of God.
8th August - St. Dominic
Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.
7th August – St. Cajetan
If you want Christ to love you and help you, you must love Him and always make every endeavour to please Him.
6th August - The Transfiguration of the Lord
Let us retire from the world, stand aloof from the earth, rise above the body, detach ourselves from creatures and turn to the Creator, to whom Peter in ecstasy exclaimed: ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here’
5th August - St. Afra
I was a great sinner before I knew God; but I will not add new crimes, nor do what you command me.
4th August - St. John Vianney
There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
My brothers and sisters in Christ, wealth to the world is the accumulation of money, but true wealth in the sight of God, is the accumulation of grace. True wealth is stored in one’s soul because it is measured in the exercise of virtue and in the amount of love we have for God and for our neighbor. So let us store up true wealth for ourselves by performing good works, by practicing charity and by living out Christ’s message to love one another as He has loved us.
2nd August - St. Peter Julian Eymard
The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself. Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!
1st August - St. Alphonsus Liguori
The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.
30th July – St. Peter Chrysologus
Now that we are reborn,… in the likeness of our Lord and have indeed been adopted by God as his children, let us put on the complete image of our Creator so as to be wholly like Him.
May 29th - Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
Let us consider, brothers, how here in our home the ordering of love assigns these three things: service to Martha, contemplation to Mary, penance to Lazarus.
May 28th - St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception
We should remember that to some delicate souls, even the simplest words may inflict great pain, or at times, make them sick.