9th December – St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
I am a nobody, I am a small rope, a tiny ladder, the tail end, a leaf.
category: reflections
8th December - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin
Truly the Lord is with you, to whom the Lord granted that all nature should owe as much to you as to himself.
6th December - St. Nicholas
Children, I beseech you to correct your hearts and thoughts, so that you may be pleasing to God.
5th December – Blessed Philip Rinaldi
What must you do to have life? Before all else, the first thing you have to do is pray for courage every day to carry the cross the Lord has assigned you.
4th December – St. John Damascene
I do not worship matter, I worship the God of matter, who became matter for my sake.
3rd December – St. Francis Xavier
It is not the actual physical exertion that counts towards a one’s progress, nor the nature of the task, but by the spirit of faith with which it is undertaken.
2nd December - Blessed Ivan Sleziuk
The value and meaning of every human sacrifice is revealed in the risen Christ
1st December – St. Eligius
Love your friends in God and love your enemies for God.
29th November - St. Saturninus
We serve the one true God, and no threats will turn us away from Him.
28th November – St. Catherine Labouré
tell Him about my pains and my joys, and then I listen. If you listen, God will also speak to you, for with the good Lord, you have to both speak and listen.
27th November – St. Acacius
Much more strictly am I bound to obey the omnipotent God, who is infinite and eternal, and who hath declared, ‘Whoever shall deny me before men, him will I deny before my Father
26th November - St. John Berchmans
Perfection does not consist in doing great things, but in doing well what obedience orders and advises.
25th November - St. Catherine of Alexandria
O Jesus, good King, I await the sword for Thy sake; do Thou deign to receive my spirit, and to show mercy to those who honor my memory.
24th November – St. Andrew Dung-Lac & Companions
Do not let your troubles disturb your trust in God.
22nd November - St. Cecilia
Arise, soldiers of Christ, throw away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.