2nd September - St. Brocard
Be steadfast in good, abhor riches, despise the world, and model your lives rigidly after the example of Mary and Elias.
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1st September - St. Giles
Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace.
31st August - St. Aristides of Athens
Christians appeal to those who wrong them and make them friendly to themselves.
The 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
It is time to come closer to God by denying ourselves and focusing more on Him, by taking up our crosses daily and by following Christ in answer to our call to discipleship.
August 29th - The Passion of Saint John the Baptist
Through his birth, preaching and baptizing, he bore witness to the coming birth, preaching and baptism of Christ, and by his own suffering he showed that Christ also would suffer.
28th August - St. Augustine
He loves Thee too little, who loves anything together with Thee, which he loves not for Thy sake.
27th August - St. Monica
Nothing is far from God. (And) There is no place that is far from God.
26th August - St. Elisabeth Bichier
Virginity, is nothing in the eyes of God, without the humility of spirit, which is virginity, itself.
25th August – St. Louis IX
Become not fainthearted, in adversity. Become not elevated, in the days of prosperity.
24th August – St. Bartholomew
Once you begin to believe there is help out there, you will know it to be true - St. Bartholomew
The 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A
My dear brothers and sister, Saint Peter’s with his answer to Jesus in today’s gospel reading "you are the Christ, the Son of the living God" reminds and calls us today to recognize, acknowledge and appreciate God’s redemptive role in our lives and His love, care and blessings to us through Jesus Christ His Son our Lord.
22nd August – The Queenship of Mary
No one has access to the Almighty as His mother has – none has merit such as hers.
21st August - St. Pius X
Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to Heaven.
20th August - St. Bernard of Clairvaux
We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
19th August – St. John Eudes
Faith is a beam radiating from the face of God.