27th July – Saint Pantaleon
As proof that Christ is the true God, Pantaleon healed a paralytic saying, "In the name of Jesus, the Son of God, I command thee to rise and be well."
category: reflections
26th July – Saints Joachim & Anne
As my God lives, if I should conceive either a boy or a girl, the child will be a gift to my God, serving him in holiness throughout the whole of its life - Saint Anne
25th July - Saint James the Greater
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him - Saint James the Greater.
24th July - Saint Charbel Makhlouf
Persevere in prayer without ceasing.. to understand and live according to his will, not to change it.
23rd July – Saint Bridget of Sweden
Mary is the lily in God’s garden.
22nd July – Saint Mary Magdalene
Oh! Could you but see the beauty of a soul in the grace of God, you would be so much enamored of it that you would do nothing else but ask souls of God; and, on the contrary, could a soul in mortal sin be placed before your eyes, you would do nothing but weep, and you would hate sin more than the devil himself, and always pray for the conversion of sinners - Saint Mary Magdalene
20th July – Saint Apollinaris
We therefore grossly deceive ourselves in not allotting more time to the study of divine truths. It is not enough barely to believe them, and let our thoughts now and then glance upon them: that knowledge which shows us heaven, will not bring us to the possession of it, and will deserve punishments, not rewards, if it remain slight, weak, and superficial.
19th July - Saints Justa and Rufina
Justa and Rufina died as martyrs for our faith. Their lives teach us what it means to follow the First Commandment: "I am the Lord your God. You shall not have other gods besides me."
18th July – Saint Camillus De Lellis
Brother, if you commit a sin and take pleasure in it, the pleasure passes but the sin remains. But if you do something virtuous, even though you are tired, the tiredness passes but the virtue remains.
17th July – Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne
The secret of sweetening our sacrifices is to attend a little less to what costs us and a little more to what we value - St. Teresa of St. Augustine (Martyr of Compiegne)
16th July – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Truly, we are passing through disastrous times, when we may well make our own, the lamentation of the Prophet: “There is no truth and there is no mercy and there is no knowledge of God in the land” (Hosea 4:1). Yet, in the midst of this tide of evil, the Virgin Most Merciful rises before our eyes, like a rainbow, as the arbiter of peace between God and man - Saint Pius X.
15th July – Saint Bonaventure
If you learn everything, except Christ, you learn nothing. If you learn nothing, except Christ, you learn everything.
13th July – Saint Henry II
All in all, this saint was a man of his times. From our standpoint, he may have been too quick to do battle and too ready to use power to accomplish reforms. But granted such limitations, he shows that holiness is possible in a busy secular life. It is in doing our job that we become saints (Franciscan Media)
12th July – Saint John Gualbert
I cannot refuse what you ask in Christ’s name. I grant you your life and I give you my friendship. Pray that God may forgive me my sin.
11th July – Saint Benedict of Nursia
Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.