May 19th
St Peter Celestine (1221-1296), Pope, Confessor; Apulia, Italy; Feast day May 19th

"I desired nothing in the world but a cell; and a cell they have given me."

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

"O God, Founder of the universe, help me, that, first of all, I may pray aright: and next, that I may act as one worthy to be heard by Thee: and, finally, set me free.  God, through whom all things are, which of themselves could have no being; God, who dost not permit that to perish, whose tendency it is to destroy itself:   God, who hast created out of nothing this world, which the eyes of all perceive to be most beautiful!  God, who dost not cause evil, but dost cause that it shall not become the worst!  God, who dost reveal to those few fleeing for refuge to that which truly  is, that evil is nothing!  God, through whom the universe, even with its perverse part, is perfect!  God, to whom dissonance is nothing, since in the end the worst resolves into harmony with the better!  God, whom every creature capable of loving, loves, whether consciously or unconsciously!"