March 25

“We do not become perfect by the multiplication of exercises, penances, and austerities, but rather by the purity of love with which we do them.”

-St. Francis de Sales

March 24

"Our only desire and our one choice should be this: I want and I choose what better leads to God's deepening life in me."

-St. Ignatius Loyola

March 23

“One cannot desire freedom from the cross when one is especially chosen for the cross.”

-St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

March 22

"Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring."

-St. Catherine of Siena

March 21

“To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.”

-Pope St. Gregory I

March 20

“Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.”

-St. Rose of Lima

March 19

“There are ways of being crucified that do not involve rough wood or heavy nails, but a love beyond our capacity to love, which means a love that has been given to us by God…”

-Servant of God Catherine Doherty

March 18

"I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God."

- St. Dominic Savio

March 17

"But his deeds I think you know better than I could tell you; for, as is read in his Passion, no one doubts that, rising every night from his noble bed, with bare feet and only one chamberlain, he went around to God's churches and gave alms generously to widows, orphans, those in prison and afflicted by every difficulty, so much so that he was considered, not a prince, but the father of all the wretched."

-Cosmas of Prague (About St. Wenceslaus)

March 16

"You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry, heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread. This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting master you will see. And the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to them."

-St. Vincent de Paul