Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Hummel, Holy Family.........July 15





"Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing frighten you.
All things are passing.
God alone does not change.
Patience achieves everything.
Whoever has God lacks nothing.
God alone suffices."


St. Teresa of Avila

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha..........July 14







"I am not my own.
I have given myself to Jesus.
He must be my only love."





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Monday, July 13, 2009

Humility ...................July 13








"Humility is the only thing
that no devil can imitate.
If pride made demons
out of angels,
there is no doubt
that humility
could make angels out of demons."


St. John Climaus

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Our Lady of Boulogne............July 12





"Be firm in your (holy) resolutions;
stay in the boat in which our Lord has placed you
and let the storm come.
You will not perish."


St. Padre Pio

Saturday, July 11, 2009

St. Benedict..........July 11







St. Benedict was an
Italian monk
who founded
the Benedictine order about 540
(480-547)





"Listen and attend with the ear of your heart."



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The Latin words on the book held by the saint mean, "Holy Rule" -- a reference to the series of regulations written by St. Benedict to guide his monks in their shared life of work and prayer. The Benedictine motto is, "Ora et Labora" (Pray and Work).




Friday, July 10, 2009

Our Lady of Love..........July 10









"My one happiness is to love You, O Jesus."


St.Therese of Lisieux

Thursday, July 9, 2009

I Wonder..........July 9



"It is no use walking
anywhere to preach
unless our walking is our preaching."

St. Francis of Assisi

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Adoration..............July 8






"Listen in silence
because if your heart is full of other things,
you cannot hear the voice of God...
The essential thing is not what we say,
but what God says to us and through us."


St. Teresa of Calcutta




French words:
"Go to Jesus, the Victim of love,
in the most blessed Sacrament of the altar."

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

A Gospel to Read...........July 7








"Watch how you live.
Your lives may be the only gospel
your sisters and brothers will ever read."
Dom Helder Camara

Monday, July 6, 2009

Maria Goretti..........July 6



FEAST DAY OF SAINT MARIA GORETTI


"Even if she had not been a martyr, she would still have been a saint, so holy was her everyday life."
Cardinal Salotti



Read about
Saint Maria Goretti