Thursday, February 7, 2013
February 7th
St Romuald (956-1026), Abbot, Confessor, Founder; Ravenna, Italy
"How happy were the ancient hermits, who had such habitations! With what tranquility could they serve God, free from the tumult of the world!"
St John of the Cross (1542-1591), Confessor, Founder, Doctor of the Church; Feast day
November 24th
"A soul that is attached to any creature will never attain perfect union with God, even though that soul possess many other virtues."
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
February 6th
St Amandus (d. 675), Bishop, Confessor; Nantes, France
When his father threatened disinheritance for his entering the monastery, he replied, "Christ is my only inheritance."
St Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), Virgin, Doctor of the Church; Lisieux, France
"'Give me a lever and a fulcrum,' said the man of science, 'and I'll shift the world.' Archimedes wasn't talking to God, so his request wasn't granted; and in any case he was only thinking of the material world. But the saints really have enjoyed the privilege he asked for; the fulcrum God told them to use was Himself, nothing less than Himself, and the lever was prayer. Only it must be the kind of prayer that sets the heart all on fire with love; that's how the saints shift the world in our own day, and that's how they'll do it to the end of time."
St Amandus (d. 675), Bishop, Confessor; Nantes, France
When his father threatened disinheritance for his entering the monastery, he replied, "Christ is my only inheritance."
St Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), Virgin, Doctor of the Church; Lisieux, France
"'Give me a lever and a fulcrum,' said the man of science, 'and I'll shift the world.' Archimedes wasn't talking to God, so his request wasn't granted; and in any case he was only thinking of the material world. But the saints really have enjoyed the privilege he asked for; the fulcrum God told them to use was Himself, nothing less than Himself, and the lever was prayer. Only it must be the kind of prayer that sets the heart all on fire with love; that's how the saints shift the world in our own day, and that's how they'll do it to the end of time."
February 5th
St Agatha (d. 251), Virgin, Martyr; Sicily
"Jesus Christ, Lord of all, you see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am. I am your sheep: make me worthy to overcome the devil."
St Francis of Assisi (1181-1216), Confessor, Founder; Assisi, Italy; Feast day, October 4th
"I am only that which I am before God."
St Agatha (d. 251), Virgin, Martyr; Sicily
"Jesus Christ, Lord of all, you see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am. I am your sheep: make me worthy to overcome the devil."
St Francis of Assisi (1181-1216), Confessor, Founder; Assisi, Italy; Feast day, October 4th
"I am only that which I am before God."
Monday, February 4, 2013
February 4th
St Joan of Valois (1464-1505), Foundress; Nogent-le-Roi, France
"On earth, each of us, well knowing our own deficiencies, must even so conform to the life of the Virgin Mary, to the honor of God and the health of the world."
St. Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), Virgin; Lisieux, France; Feast day, October 3rd
"Jesus alone is all; anything else is nothing."
Sunday, February 3, 2013
February 3rd
Bl. John Nelson (1535–1578), Martyr; York, England
Just before being hanged, drawn, and quartered, he said, "I forgive the queen and all the authors of my death."
Padre Pio (1887-1968), Confessor; Pietrelcina, Italy; Feast day September 23rd
"A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent in sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament."
Bl. John Nelson (1535–1578), Martyr; York, England
Just before being hanged, drawn, and quartered, he said, "I forgive the queen and all the authors of my death."
Padre Pio (1887-1968), Confessor; Pietrelcina, Italy; Feast day September 23rd
"A thousand years of enjoying human glory is not worth even an hour spent in sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament."
Saturday, February 2, 2013
February 2nd
Candlemas
St Joan Lestonnac (1556-1640), Widow, Foundress; Bordeaux, France
"There is no need for you to fear, if your interests are those of Our Lady."
St. Syncletic (4th Cent.), Virgin; Alexandria, Egypt; Feast day January 5th
"Oh, how happy should we be, did we but take as much pains to gain heaven and please God, as worldlings do to heap up riches and perishable goods! By land they venture among thieves and robbers; at sea they expose themselves to the fury of winds and storms; they suffer shipwrecks, and all perils; they attempt all, try all, hazard all; but we, in serving so great a master, for so immense a good, are afraid of every contradiction."
Candlemas
St Joan Lestonnac (1556-1640), Widow, Foundress; Bordeaux, France
"There is no need for you to fear, if your interests are those of Our Lady."
St. Syncletic (4th Cent.), Virgin; Alexandria, Egypt; Feast day January 5th
"Oh, how happy should we be, did we but take as much pains to gain heaven and please God, as worldlings do to heap up riches and perishable goods! By land they venture among thieves and robbers; at sea they expose themselves to the fury of winds and storms; they suffer shipwrecks, and all perils; they attempt all, try all, hazard all; but we, in serving so great a master, for so immense a good, are afraid of every contradiction."
Friday, February 1, 2013
February 1st
St Ignatius of Antioch (35-108), Bishop, Martyr
"Suffer me to be the food of wild beasts, whereby I may attain unto God: I am the wheat of God, and I am to be ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of Christ."
"Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ which has come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God....They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in His goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes."
"Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be; as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. It is not lawful to baptize or give communion without the consent of the bishop. On the other hand, whatever has his approval is pleasing to God. Thus, whatever is done will be safe and valid."
St Ignatius of Antioch (35-108), Bishop, Martyr
"Suffer me to be the food of wild beasts, whereby I may attain unto God: I am the wheat of God, and I am to be ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of Christ."
"Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ which has come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God....They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in His goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes."
"Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be; as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. It is not lawful to baptize or give communion without the consent of the bishop. On the other hand, whatever has his approval is pleasing to God. Thus, whatever is done will be safe and valid."
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