March 6th
St Colette (1380-1447), Confessor, Virgin; Picardy, France

"We must faithfully keep what we have promised.  If through human weakness we fail, we must always without delay arise again by means of holy penance, and give our attention to leading a good life and to dying a holy death.  May the Father of all mercy, the Son by his holy passion, and the Holy Spirit, source of peace, sweetness and love, fill us with their consolation.  Amen."

St Alphonsus (1696-1787), Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Marianella, Naples; Feast day August 2nd

"Meditation, and particularly meditation on the passion of Jesus Christ, is the blessed furnace in which the love of God is kindled and fanned."

St John Chrysostom (347-407), Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Antioch; Feast day September 13th

"The holy Eucharist is a fire which inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the holy table, being made terrible to the devil."