February 24th – Blessed Tommaso Maria Fusco
Patience is the safeguard and pillar of all the virtues.
category: reflections
23rd February 23 – St. Polycarp
Hear me declare with boldness, I am a Christian.
21st February – St. Peter Damian
Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient.
20th February - St. Francisco & Jacinta Marto
If men knew what eternity is, they would do everything to amend their lives - St. Jacinta Marto
18th February - Ash Wednesday
Today the Church lays great stress on this truth, confirmed by the history of every man. Remember that “to dust you shall return”. Remember that your life on earth has a limit!
February 17th – The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
Kneel, my Brethren, do you not see our loving Lord? He will also crown you if, through true devotion to the Blessed Virgin, you imitate her Immaculate purity and her profound humility - St. Alexis
16th February - St. Joseph Allamano
Have you fallen? Pick yourself up. ... Never get discouraged.
14th February 14 – Saints Cyril & Methodius
We can only know truth through reason and faith.
13th February – St. Catherine de Ricci
We must suffer patiently and persevere in prayer, and in the end, God will grant us His grace.
12th February - St. Julian the Hospitaller
Redeem your sins by almsgiving, and your iniquities by mercy to the poor.
February 11th - Our Lady of Lourdes
I am the Immaculate Conception.
10th February – St. Scholastica
The path to true wisdom begins with a humble heart.
9th February - Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerick
Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good-will, its charity…
7th February - Blessed Pope Pius IX
The foundation of all our confidence is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary.
6th February - St. Paul Miki & Companions
Like my Master I shall die upon the cross. Like Him, a lance will pierce my heart so that my blood and my love can flow out upon the land and sanctify it to His name.