April 20th
Ven. Louis of Granada (1505-1588), Confessor; Granada, Spain


"Nor will these offenses remain unpunished, for God's justice, which protects His mercy, cannot permit your sinful abuse of it to remain unavenged.  This is not a new pretext; the world has long made use of it.  In ancient times it distinguished the false from the true prophets.  While the latter announced to the people, in God's name, the justice with which He would punish their iniquities, the former, speaking in their own name, promised them mercy which was but a false peace and security.  You say God's mercy is great; but if you presume upon it you show that you have never studied the greatness of His justice...

"But the strongest proof of the rigor of God's justice was the satisfaction required for sin, which was nothing less than the death of His only-begotten Son.  Think of the Price of man's Redemption, and you will begin to realize what sin is and how the justice of God regards it.  Think, too, of the eternity of Hell, and judge of the rigor of that justice which inflicts such punishment.  This justice terrifies you, but it is no less certain than the mercy in which you trust."

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

"Do you not see our Lady always beside the tabernacle?"