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.
category: reflections
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.
26th July - Saints Joachim and Ann
Joachim and Ann, how blessed a couple! All creation is indebted to you. For at your hands the Creator was offered a gift excelling all other gifts: a chaste mother, who alone was worthy of him….
25th July - St. 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 - St. James the Greater
24th July – St. Charbel Makhluf
Persevere in prayer without ceasing.
23rd July - St. Bridget of Sweden
O Mary, you give assistance to everyone endeavoring to rise to God!
22nd July – St. Mary Magdalene
And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one to see him. For perseverance is essential to any good deed, as the voice of truth tells us: Whoever perseveres to the end will be saved.
21st July – St. Lawrence of Brindisi
The word of God is a light to the mind and a fire to the will.
18th July – St. Camillus de Lellis
Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven.
17th July - Blessed Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne
The secret of sweetening our sacrifices is to attend a little less to what costs us and a little more to what we value.
16th July – Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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.
15th July – St. Bonaventure
If you learn everything, except Christ, you learn nothing. If you learn nothing, except Christ, you learn everything.
14th July - St. Kateri Tekakwitha
I am not my own. I have given myself to Jesus. He must be my only love.
12th July - St. John Gaulbert
But I say to you, love your enemies (Matthew 5:44)