March 3
“Christ has gained for us not only new dignity in our life on earth, but above all the new dignity of the children of God, called to share eternal life with him. Lent invites us to overcome the temptation of seeing the realities of this world as definitive and to recognize that ‘our homeland is in heaven’ (Phil 3:20)”
-Pope St. John Paul II
March 2
“There are a lot of things you can give to Jesus—I don’t like to say, ‘Give it up.’ Well, you’re going to take it back. But give it to Jesus for Lent.”
-Mother Angelica
March 1
"Do you wish your prayer to fly toward God? Make for it two wings: fasting and almsgiving."
-St. Augustine
February 28
"The good God does not need years to accomplish His work of love in a soul; one ray from His Heart can, in an instant, make His flower bloom for eternity."
-St. Therese of Lisieux
February 27
"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread."
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
February 25
"A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul."
-St. Therese of Lisieux
February 24
"If you want to bring happiness to the whole world, go home and love your family."
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
February 23
"Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God."
-St. Catherine of Siena
February 22
"Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes."
-St. Pio of Pietrelcina
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