May 23rd
St Michael the Confessor (d. 818), Bishop, Confessor; Constantinople, Turkey; Feast day May 23rd
"I venerate the immaculate and divine image of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ, and of His most holy Mother."
St Julia (d. 439), Martyr; Carthage, Tunisia; Feast day May 23rd
"My liberty is the service of Christ, whom I serve every day with a pure mind. As for that error of yours, I not only do not venerate it, I detest it."
Ven. Louis of Granada (1505-1588), Priest, Confessor; Granada, Spain
"Venial sin, however slight, is always prejudicial to the soul. It weakens our devotion, troubles the peace of our conscience, diminishes the fervor of charity, exhausts the strength of our spiritual life, and obstructs the work of the Holy Ghost in our souls. I pray you then to do all in your power to avoid these sins, for there is not enemy too weak to harm us if we make no resistance. Sight anger, gluttony, vanity, idle words and thoughts, immoderate laughter, loss of time, too much sleeping, trivial lies or flatteries -- such are the sins against which I would particularly warn you. Great vigilance is required against offenses of this kind, for occasions of venial sin abound."
Friday, May 24, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
May 22nd
St Rita of Cascia (1381-1457), Confessor; Roccaporena, Italy; Feast day May 22nd
"By begging, I am acting in accordance with the state I profess, and I also give my neighbor the occasion of exercising charity and of meriting an eternal reward in heaven."
"There is nothing impossible to God."
"Remain in the holy love of Jesus. Remain in obedience to the holy Roman Church. Remain in peace and fraternal charity."
"I am not afraid to die. I know already what it is to die. It is to close the eyes to the world and open them to God."
"Love God above all things. His goodness being infinite and His beauty without comparison, you should keep always before your minds the great love He has for you as Father, Spouse, and Master. Love on another with a reciprocal chaste and holy love. Observe faithfully the rule you have professed, and venerate with a religious affection our great and holy father St. Augustine, who has pointed out to you, by his rule, the royal road to glory. Be obedient to Holy Mother church, and to your superioress, as you promised when you made your solemn profession."
"May God bless you and may you always remain in holy peace and love with your beloved Spouse Jesus Christ."
St Rita's Shrine
St Rita of Cascia (1381-1457), Confessor; Roccaporena, Italy; Feast day May 22nd
"By begging, I am acting in accordance with the state I profess, and I also give my neighbor the occasion of exercising charity and of meriting an eternal reward in heaven."
"There is nothing impossible to God."
"Remain in the holy love of Jesus. Remain in obedience to the holy Roman Church. Remain in peace and fraternal charity."
"I am not afraid to die. I know already what it is to die. It is to close the eyes to the world and open them to God."
"Love God above all things. His goodness being infinite and His beauty without comparison, you should keep always before your minds the great love He has for you as Father, Spouse, and Master. Love on another with a reciprocal chaste and holy love. Observe faithfully the rule you have professed, and venerate with a religious affection our great and holy father St. Augustine, who has pointed out to you, by his rule, the royal road to glory. Be obedient to Holy Mother church, and to your superioress, as you promised when you made your solemn profession."
"May God bless you and may you always remain in holy peace and love with your beloved Spouse Jesus Christ."
St Rita's Shrine
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
May 21st
St Felix of Cantilicio (1513-1587), Confessor; Cantilicio, Italy; Feast day May 21st
"I pray God you may become a saint."
"Every creature in the world will raise his heart to God if he looks upon the world with a good eye."
Bl Augustin Caloca Cortes (1898-1927), Priest, Martyr; El Teul, Zacatecas, Mexico; Feast day May 21st
"We live for God and for Him we die."
St Francis de Sales (1557-1622), Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Haute Savoie, France; Feast day January 29th
"To avoid faults in speech we must have the lips buttoned together, so that while unbuttoning them we may think of what we are going to say."
St Felix of Cantilicio (1513-1587), Confessor; Cantilicio, Italy; Feast day May 21st
"I pray God you may become a saint."
"Every creature in the world will raise his heart to God if he looks upon the world with a good eye."
Bl Augustin Caloca Cortes (1898-1927), Priest, Martyr; El Teul, Zacatecas, Mexico; Feast day May 21st
"We live for God and for Him we die."
St Francis de Sales (1557-1622), Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Haute Savoie, France; Feast day January 29th
"To avoid faults in speech we must have the lips buttoned together, so that while unbuttoning them we may think of what we are going to say."
Monday, May 20, 2013
May 20th
St Bernadine of Siena (1380-1444), Priest, Confessor; Massa, Italy; Feast day May 20th
“In all your actions seek in the first place the kingdom of God and his glory; direct all you do purely to his honour; persevere in brotherly charity, and practice first all that you desire to teach others. By this means the Holy Ghost will be your master, and will give you such wisdom and such a tongue that no adversary will be able to stand against you.”
St Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562), Priest, Confessor; Alcantara, Spain; Feast day October 19th
"Think of the wisdom of this world, its glory and the grandeur of its aims; yet at the end, like life itself, does not this glory also vanish? What is more wretched than to win with so much labor what one can but so briefly enjoy? However far-reaching your knowledge, it is yet as nothing; but if you exercise yourself in the love of God, quickly will you come to see Him, and seeing Him, to see all."
St Bernadine of Siena (1380-1444), Priest, Confessor; Massa, Italy; Feast day May 20th
“In all your actions seek in the first place the kingdom of God and his glory; direct all you do purely to his honour; persevere in brotherly charity, and practice first all that you desire to teach others. By this means the Holy Ghost will be your master, and will give you such wisdom and such a tongue that no adversary will be able to stand against you.”
St Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562), Priest, Confessor; Alcantara, Spain; Feast day October 19th
"Think of the wisdom of this world, its glory and the grandeur of its aims; yet at the end, like life itself, does not this glory also vanish? What is more wretched than to win with so much labor what one can but so briefly enjoy? However far-reaching your knowledge, it is yet as nothing; but if you exercise yourself in the love of God, quickly will you come to see Him, and seeing Him, to see all."
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!"
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!"
Sunday, May 19, 2013
May 18th
St Gregory the Great (540-604), Confessor, Pope, Doctor of the Church; Rome, Italy; Feast day March 12th
"It is true that some saints have been guided directly by God, but such examples are rather to be admired than imitated, for thinking ourselves above the guidance of men, we might easily be led into error."
St Jerome (347-420), Priest, Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Dalmatia; Feast day September 30th
"Truly, when we consider the frailty of our flesh and how at every point and moment of time we increase and decrease, without ever remaining in the same state, and how that which at this very instant forms the subject of our discourse, of our schemes and meditations, is to such an extent cut off from our life, we shall not hesitate to speak of our flesh as a little grass and all its glory as the flower of the field."
St Gregory the Great (540-604), Confessor, Pope, Doctor of the Church; Rome, Italy; Feast day March 12th
"It is true that some saints have been guided directly by God, but such examples are rather to be admired than imitated, for thinking ourselves above the guidance of men, we might easily be led into error."
St Jerome (347-420), Priest, Confessor, Doctor of the Church; Dalmatia; Feast day September 30th
"Truly, when we consider the frailty of our flesh and how at every point and moment of time we increase and decrease, without ever remaining in the same state, and how that which at this very instant forms the subject of our discourse, of our schemes and meditations, is to such an extent cut off from our life, we shall not hesitate to speak of our flesh as a little grass and all its glory as the flower of the field."
Friday, May 17, 2013
May 17th
St Paschal Baylon (1540-1592), Confessor; Torre-Hermosa, Spain; Feast day May 17th
"The consolation which the Holy Ghost frequently infuses into pious souls, is greater than all the pleasures of the world together, could they be enjoyed by one man. It makes the heart to dissolve and melt through excess of joy, under which it is unable to contain itself."
"I was born poor, and I am resolved to live and die in poverty and penance."
St Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510), Widow; Genoa, Italy; Feast day September 15th
"Jesus in your heart! Eternity in your mind! The will of God in all your actions! But above all, love, God's love, entire love!"
"If you wish to know how much a person loves his God, see how much he loves his neighbor."
St Paschal Baylon (1540-1592), Confessor; Torre-Hermosa, Spain; Feast day May 17th
"The consolation which the Holy Ghost frequently infuses into pious souls, is greater than all the pleasures of the world together, could they be enjoyed by one man. It makes the heart to dissolve and melt through excess of joy, under which it is unable to contain itself."
"I was born poor, and I am resolved to live and die in poverty and penance."
St Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510), Widow; Genoa, Italy; Feast day September 15th
"Jesus in your heart! Eternity in your mind! The will of God in all your actions! But above all, love, God's love, entire love!"
"If you wish to know how much a person loves his God, see how much he loves his neighbor."
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