15th July – St. Bonaventure
If you learn everything, except Christ, you learn nothing. If you learn nothing, except Christ, you learn everything.
category: reflections
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)
11th July – St. Benedict
Girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us follow in his [Jesus] paths by the guidance of the Gospel.
10th July - Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions
Love seeks one thing only… the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love therefore, is its own reward - Thomas Merton
9th July – St. Augustine Zhao Rong & Companions
Today the Church is grateful to her Lord, who blesses her and bathes her in light with the radiant holiness of these sons and daughters of China.
8th July - St. Jeanne-Marie Kerguin
In our troubles, we must always say, Blessed be God, thank You my God, or glory to God!
7th July - Blessed Peter To Rot
The Japanese cannot stop us loving God and obeying laws! We must be strong and we must refuse to give in to them.
5th July – St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria
One’s love for God should be limitless. Honoring God with conditions, is dishonouring Him!
4th July – St. Elizabeth of Portugal
If you love peace, all will be well - St. Elizabeth of Portugal
3rd July - St. Thomas the Apostle
Humility, which is a virtue, is always fruitful in good works.
2nd July – St. Bernadino Realino
I have no desire for the honors of this world but solely for the glory of God and the salvation of my soul - St. Bernadino Realino.
1st July - St. Junípero Serra
Always forward, never back, (because) I have placed all my confidence in God.
30th June – The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome
They are the ones who truly live, they who merit to be slain for Christ - St. Peter Chrysologus
28th June - The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Are you suffering a great deal? Don’t lose heart. I will never forsake you. My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God - Our Lady of Fatima