July 31
Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491 – 1556)
“Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my whole will. You have given me all that I have, all I am, and I surrender to your divine will. Give me only your love and your grace. With this I am rich enough, and I have no more to ask."
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
July 30
Feast of Saint Peter Chrysologus
“There are three things through which faith stands firm, devotion abides and virtue endures: prayer, fasting, and mercy. Let no one cut these three apart – they are inseparable."
-St. Peter Chrysologus
July 29
Feast of Saint Martha
“Martha and Mary were sisters, related not only by blood but also by religious aspirations. They stayed close to our Lord and both served Him harmoniously when He was among them.”
-St. Augustine
July 28
"He gave me courage to practice mental prayer. I say courage, because I know nothing in the world that requires more of this."
-St. Teresa of Avila
July 27
“The tree of the cross bears fruit in every season and in every land.”
-St. Therese Couderc
July 26
Feast of St. Joachim and St. Ann, Parents of Mary
“Joachim and Ann, how blessed a couple! All creation is indebted to you. For at your hands the Creator was offered a gift excelling all other gifts: a chaste mother, who alone was worthy of Him."
-St. John Damascene
July 25
“Our soul ought to be a closed sanctuary where God alone acts.”
-St. Peter Julian Eymard
July 24
Feast of the Saint Sharbel of Makhluf (1828 – 1898)
"Father of truth,
Behold your Son who makes atoning
sacrifice to you.
Accept the offering:
He died for me that I might
have life."
-St. Sharbel
July 23
Feast of Saint Bridget of Sweden
“O Sweet Jesus! Pierce my heart
so that my tears of penitence and love
will be my bread day and night;
May I be converted entirely to Thee,
may my heart be Thy perpetual habitation,
may my conversion be pleasing to Thee,
and may the end of my life be so praiseworthy
that I may merit Heaven and there with Thy saints,
praise Thee forever.”
-St. Bridget of Sweden
July 22
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
"'The disciples went back home, but Mary wept and remained standing outside the tomb.' And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one to see him. For perseverance is essential to any good deed, as the voice of truth tells us. Whoever perseveres to the end will be saved.”
-St. Gregory the Great
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