April 7th
St Mary Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), Virgin; Glogowiec, Russian Empire (now Poland); Feast day October 5th

"He who knows how to forgive prepares for himself many graces from God.  As often as I look upon the cross, so often will I forgive with all my heart."

"All for you, Jesus.  I desire to adore Your mercy with every beat of my heart and to the extent that I am able, to encourage souls to trust in that mercy, as You Yourself have commanded me, O Lord."

"If only souls would become recollected, God would speak to them at once, for dissipation drowns out the word of the Lord."

"I rejoice that God dwells within me; here I abide with Him unendingly; it is here that my greatest intimacy with Him exists; here I dwell with Him in safety; here is a place not probed by the human eye."

"Now I understand that what unites our souls most closely with God is self-denial; that is, joining our will to the will of God.  This is what makes the soul truly free, contributes to profound recollection of the spirit, and makes all life's burdens light, and death sweet."


St Albert the Great (1206-1280), Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Lauingen, Bavaria; Feast day November 15th

"The Eucharist produces impulses of angelic love and has the singular capacity of effecting in souls a holy, instinctive tenderness for the Queen of the Angels.  She has given us Flesh of her flesh and Bone of her bone, and in the Eucharist she continues to give us this sweet, virginal, Heavenly Food."