June 1st
St Justin (100-165), Martyr; Nablus, West Bank; Feast day June 1st

"But after you shall have known him with what inexpressible joy do you think you will be filled!  How ardently will you love him who first loved you!  And when you shall love him, you will be an imitator of his goodness.  He who bears the burdens of others, assists all, humbles himself to all, even to his inferiors, and supplies the wants of the poor with what he has received from God, is truly the imitator of God.  Then will you see on earth that God governs the world; you will know his mysteries, and will love and admire those who suffer for him: you will condemn the imposture of the world, and despise death, only fearing eternal death, in never-ending fire.  When you know that fire, you will call those blessed who here suffer flames for justice.  I speak not of things to which I am a stranger, but having been a disciple of the apostles, I am a teacher of nations."

"Christ's words possess a terrible power in themselves, and are sufficient to inspire those who turn aside from the path of rectitude with awe; while the sweetest rest is afford those who make a diligent practice of them."

"And this food is called among us Εὐχαριστία [the Eucharist]...For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Savior, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh."

St Hanibal Maria di Francia (1851-1927), Priest, Founder; Messina, Italy; Feast day June 1st

"What are these few orphans we attend to, these few people we bring the good news to, compared to the millions who are lost and abandoned as sheep without a shepherd?...I looked for an answer and I found a complete one in the words of Jesus: 'Beg the harvest master to send out laborers to gather his harvest.'  I concluded then that I had found the secret key to all good works and to the salvation of countless souls."