February 21st
Jacinta Marto (1910-1920), Fatima Visionary; Aljustrel, Portugal; Feast Day, February 20th
"Tell everybody that God grants us graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary; that people are to ask her for them; and that the Heart of Jesus wants the Immaculate Heart of Mary to be venerated at his side. Tell them also to pray to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for peace, since God entrusted it to her."
Padre Pio (1887-1968), Confessor, Stigmatic; Pietrelcina, Italy; Feast day September 23rd
"Humility is truth; truth is humility."
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
February 20th
St Sadoth (d. 342), Bishop, Martyr; Seleucia, Persia
"I saw in my sleep, a ladder environed with light and reaching from earth to the heavens. St. Simeon was at the top of it, and in great glory. He beheld me at the bottom, and said to me, with a smiling countenance: "Mount up, Sadoth, fear not. I mounted yesterday, and it is your turn today:' which means, that as he was slain last year, so I am to follow him this."
Bl Francisco Marto (1908-1919), Fatima Visionary; Aljustrel, Portugal
"How beautiful God is! How beautiful! But He is sad because of the sins of men. I want to console Him; I want to suffer for love of Him."
St Sadoth (d. 342), Bishop, Martyr; Seleucia, Persia
"I saw in my sleep, a ladder environed with light and reaching from earth to the heavens. St. Simeon was at the top of it, and in great glory. He beheld me at the bottom, and said to me, with a smiling countenance: "Mount up, Sadoth, fear not. I mounted yesterday, and it is your turn today:' which means, that as he was slain last year, so I am to follow him this."
Bl Francisco Marto (1908-1919), Fatima Visionary; Aljustrel, Portugal
"How beautiful God is! How beautiful! But He is sad because of the sins of men. I want to console Him; I want to suffer for love of Him."
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
February 19th
St Joseph Calasanctius (1557-1648), Confessor, Founder; Aragon, Spain; Feast Day August 27th
"He who loves God does not wish to appear holy, but desires to be so."
St Francis de Sales (1567-1522), Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Haute-Savoie, France; Feast Day January 29th
"Humble meekness is the virtue of virtues, which our Divine Redeemer has most urgently recommended to us; therefore, we must practice it everywhere and at all times."
St Joseph Calasanctius (1557-1648), Confessor, Founder; Aragon, Spain; Feast Day August 27th
"He who loves God does not wish to appear holy, but desires to be so."
St Francis de Sales (1567-1522), Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Haute-Savoie, France; Feast Day January 29th
"Humble meekness is the virtue of virtues, which our Divine Redeemer has most urgently recommended to us; therefore, we must practice it everywhere and at all times."
Monday, February 18, 2013
February 18th
Ss Leo and Paregorius (d. 260), Martyr; Southern Turkey
St Leo, on his own impending martyrdom, after the martyrdom of St Paregorius: "I thank thee, O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for not suffering me to be long separated from thy servant Paregorius. I rejoice in what has befallen me as the means of expiating my past sins. I commend my soul to the care of they holy angels, to be placed by them where it will have nothing to fear from the judgments of the wicked. But thou, O Lord, who wills not the death of a sinner, but his repentance, grant them to know thee, and to find pardon for their crimes, through the merits of they only son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
Bl Fra Angelico (1395-1455), Confessor, Painter; Tuscany
"He who does Christ's work must stay with Christ always."
Ss Leo and Paregorius (d. 260), Martyr; Southern Turkey
St Leo, on his own impending martyrdom, after the martyrdom of St Paregorius: "I thank thee, O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for not suffering me to be long separated from thy servant Paregorius. I rejoice in what has befallen me as the means of expiating my past sins. I commend my soul to the care of they holy angels, to be placed by them where it will have nothing to fear from the judgments of the wicked. But thou, O Lord, who wills not the death of a sinner, but his repentance, grant them to know thee, and to find pardon for their crimes, through the merits of they only son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
Bl Fra Angelico (1395-1455), Confessor, Painter; Tuscany
"He who does Christ's work must stay with Christ always."
Sunday, February 17, 2013
February 17th
Ven. Louis of Granada (1505-1588), Confessor; Granada, Spain
"...the most perfect praise of God is that holy silence and awe wherein the pious soul remains absorbed in great admiration for such incomprehensible majesty."
St Thomas Aquainas (1225-1274), Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Roccasecca, Italy, Feast day March 7th
"As a stone, when other forces are removed, naturally falls to the ground, and cannot rise again without the application of some extraneous power, so man, corrupted by sin, ever tends downwards, attracted to earth by the love of perishable possessions, and cannot, without the intervention of divine grace, rise to heavenly things or a desire for supernatural perfection."
Ven. Louis of Granada (1505-1588), Confessor; Granada, Spain
"...the most perfect praise of God is that holy silence and awe wherein the pious soul remains absorbed in great admiration for such incomprehensible majesty."
St Thomas Aquainas (1225-1274), Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Roccasecca, Italy, Feast day March 7th
"As a stone, when other forces are removed, naturally falls to the ground, and cannot rise again without the application of some extraneous power, so man, corrupted by sin, ever tends downwards, attracted to earth by the love of perishable possessions, and cannot, without the intervention of divine grace, rise to heavenly things or a desire for supernatural perfection."
Saturday, February 16, 2013
February 16th
Bl Joseph Allamano (1851-1926); Confessor, Founder; Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy
"We belong to Heaven; we must become holy."
St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Virgin, Doctor of the Church; Avila, Spain; Feast day October 15th
"Vocal prayer...must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer, however much the lips may move."
Bl Joseph Allamano (1851-1926); Confessor, Founder; Castelnuovo d'Asti, Italy
"We belong to Heaven; we must become holy."
St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Virgin, Doctor of the Church; Avila, Spain; Feast day October 15th
"Vocal prayer...must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer, however much the lips may move."
Friday, February 15, 2013
February 15th
St Claude de la Colombiere (1641-1682), Confessor; Saint-Symphorien-d'Orzon, France
"After this let us suppose that you turn to God with blind trust and surrender yourself unconditionally and unreservedly to Him, entirely resolved to put aside your own hopes and fears; in short, determined to wish nothing except what He wishes and to wish all that He wishes. From this moment you will acquire perfect liberty and will never again be able to feel troubled or uneasy, and there is no power on earth capable of doing you violence or giving you a moment's unrest."
St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), Virgin, Doctor of the Church; Avila, Spain; Feast day October 15th
"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can -- namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."
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