
June 15
"My son, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials."
-Sirach 2:1

June 15
"My son, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials."
-Sirach 2:1

June 14
"Let us not lament if we suffer from some natural defect of body or mind: from poor memory, slowness of understanding, little ability, lameness or general bad health. Who knows? Perhaps if God had given us greater talent, better health, a more personable appearance, we might have lost our souls!"
-St. Alphonsus Liguori

June 12
"Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender."
-St. Therese of Lisieux

June 11
"If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection."
-St. John of the Cross

June 10
"The more we conquer ourselves the more He gives us of His grace; and if today we have had power to overcome one difficulty, tomorrow and the day after we shall be able to surmount others that are much greater and more distressing."
-St. Vincent de Paul

June 9
"Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not giveĀ Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him."
-St. Teresa of Avila

June 8
"Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His grace to mould them accordingly."
-St. Ignatius Loyola

June 7
"Therefore with mind entire, faith firm, courage undaunted, love thorough, let us be ready for whatever God wills."
-St. Bede the Venerable

June 6
"God is sufficiently wise, good, powerful and merciful to turn those events which are apparently the most calamitous to the good and the advantage of those who know how to adore and accept with humility all that his divine and adorable will permits."
-Jean-Pierre De Caussade, S.J.
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