November 15
Feast of St. Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor (1206 - 1280)
On the Holy Eucharist: “[Jesus] could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who receives this sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste death.”
-St. Albert the Great
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November 14
“Yes, in silence we can actually break the hold time has on us, and accept that our true home is not here on earth, but in eternity.”
-Sister Wendy Beckett
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November 13
Feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin (1850 - 1917)
“Oh Jesus, I love you very much. Give me a heart as big as the universe. Tell me what You wish that I do, and do with me as You will.”
-St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
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Feast of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr (1580 - 1623)
"[St. Josaphat] felt that God had inspired him to restore worldwide unity to the Church. Concerned mainly with seeing his own people reunited to the See of Peter, he sought every available argument that would foster and maintain Church unity."
-Pope Pius XII
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Dedication of St. John Lateran
“When Christ came, he banished the devil from our hearts, in order to build in them a temple for himself. Let us therefore do what we can with his help, so that our evil deeds will not deface the temple.”
- St. Caesarius of Arles
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“We must keep near to the souls God puts in our way, and try to understand and love them. Here we have discovered, by God’s grace, the sources of peace and the means of possessing it fully.”
-Elizabeth Leseur
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“Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.”
- St. Teresa of Avila
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“Our God is God. All is as He pleases. I am the happiest creature in the thought that not the least thing can happen but by His will or permission; and all for the best.”
- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
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“My vocation is to let myself be led like a child, one day at a time.”
-Blessed Pierina Morosini
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The Commemoration of All Souls
"We know our union with the brethren who have died in the grace and faith of Christ is not the least weakened or interrupted by their death. On the contrary it is strengthened by our conveying spiritual goods for their benefit."
- Second Vatican Council
Lumen Gentium, 49
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