February 17th
Ven. Louis of Granada (1505-1588), Confessor; Granada, Spain

"...the most perfect praise of God is that holy silence and awe wherein the pious soul remains absorbed in great admiration for such incomprehensible majesty."

St Thomas Aquainas (1225-1274), Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Roccasecca, Italy, Feast day March 7th

"As a stone, when other forces are removed, naturally falls to the ground, and cannot rise again without the application of some extraneous power, so man, corrupted by sin, ever tends downwards, attracted to earth by the love of perishable possessions, and cannot, without the intervention of divine grace, rise to heavenly things or a desire for supernatural perfection."