August 25

"Pray the Rosary for children, and even more, with children, training them from their earliest years to experience this daily pause for prayer with the family, is admittedly not the solution to every problem, but it is a spiritual aid which should not be underestimated."

-St. John Paul II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae

August 24

"Do not fear, I will save you and set you free."

-Jesus to St. Gertrude the Great

August 23

"An intelligent mind is simple and teachable; it sees its faults and allows itself to be guided. A mind that is dull and narrow never sees its faults even when shown to them. It is always pleased with itself and never learns to do right."

-St. Teresa of Avila

August 22

"I love you and pray for all of you as if you were my own, and you are.

To young kids, I'm a grandmother, to others a mother, to most of you a nun, and to all of you a friend. God loves you."

-Mother Angelica

August 21

"Mary makes herself completely available as the soil, she allows herself to be used and consumed so as to be transformed into Him."

-Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI)