February 2nd
Candlemas
St Joan Lestonnac (1556-1640), Widow, Foundress; Bordeaux, France

"There is no need for you to fear, if your interests are those of Our Lady."

St. Syncletic (4th Cent.), Virgin; Alexandria, Egypt; Feast day January 5th

"Oh, how happy should we be, did we but take as much pains to gain heaven and please God, as worldlings do to heap up riches and perishable goods!  By land they venture among thieves and robbers; at sea they expose themselves to the fury of winds and storms; they suffer shipwrecks, and all perils; they attempt all, try all, hazard all; but we, in serving so great a master, for so immense a good, are afraid of every contradiction."