25th February - St. Dismas
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
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24th February, 2025 – Blessed Tommaso Maria Fusco
Patience is the safeguard and pillar of all the virtues.
7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
Let us model our lives after Jesus’s example; by serving and helping others; by living a sacrificial life for the sake of others; by being loving, patient, kind, and gentle to others as God is to us; by living our lives in total submission to God's will; and by working diligently, because our reward will be great in heaven and we will be true children of the Most High as stated by Jesus in today’s gospel reading.
22nd February – The Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter
He who deserts the Chair of Peter, upon whom the Church was founded, does he trust himself to be in the Church? - St. Cyprian
21st February – St. Peter Damian
He pours light into our minds, arouses our desire and gives us strength... As the soul is the life of the body, so the Holy Spirit is the life of our souls.
20th February - St. Francisco Marto & St. Jacinta Marto
I am thinking about God, Who is so sad because of so many sins! If only I could give Him joy - St. Francisco Marto
19th February – St. Boniface of Lausanne
Loving God and Father, help us to stand firm in You and always keep our eyes and hearts on You like St. Boniface of Lausanne. May we serve You faithfully no matter what trials we face and grow in loving You as we draw others to Your service. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
18th February – St. Simeon
No, never, in all eternity, will I renounce Christ, nor sacrifice to idols.
17th February – Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
Impart to us, O Lord, in kindness the filial devotion with which the Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order venerated so devoutly the Mother of God and led your people to yourself. Amen!
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
Hence my brothers and sisters in Christ, like today’s first reading and gospel reading teaches us, let us bypass the pleasures of this world by truly trusting in God and always pleasing Him, so as to receive the eternal reward - the unlimited happiness of heaven set up apart for us.
15th February - St. Louise de Marillac
I irrevocably resolve to love and serve Him with greater fidelity and to give myself entirely to Him.
14th February - Saints Cyril & Methodius
However tired and physically worn out I am, I will go with joy to that land; with joy I depart for the sake of the Christian faith - Saint Cyril
13th February – St. Catherine de Ricci
You are rewarded not according to your work or your time, but according to the measure of your love.
12th February – St. Julian the Hospitaller
I was ill and you comforted me….. As often as you did it for one of my least brothers, you did it for me. (Matthew 25:26,40)
11th February - Our Lady of Lourdes
Pray to God for sinners. Kiss the earth as a sign of penitence for sinners!