February 8th
St Stephen of Grandmont (1044-1124), Abbot, Confessor; Auvergne, France

“I, Stephen, renounce the devil and his pomps, and do offer and dedicate myself to the Father, Son, and Holy Gost, one God in three Persons.” 

St Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510), Widow

"If a man were to see the seriousness of a single sin, he would rather be in a fiery furnace, and remain there alive in body and soul, than endure it within him; and if the sea were a vast fire, he would rather cast himself into the midst thereof, right to the bottom, to flee from this sin, nor would he ever go out thence if he knew that on leaving he would have the sin within him."