April 19th
St Elphage (AD 1012), Bishop, Martyr; Derherste, England; Feast day April 19th

"O good Shepherd!  O incomparable Shepherd! look with compassion on the children of thy church, which I, dying, recommend to thee."

St Augustine (354-430), Confessor, Bishop, Father of the Church; Thagaste, Algeria; Feast day August 28th

"I was plunged in iniquity, and Thy anger was aroused against me, but I knew it not.  I was deaf to the noise which the chains of my sins made.  But this ignorance, this deafness, were the punishments of my pride."

Padre Pio (1887-1968), Confessor, Stigmatic; Pietrelcina, Italy; Feast day September 23rd 

"Suffering, no matter how difficult it may be, when compared to the good that is accomplished, makes every pain a joy for the soul."