January 1
"We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son."
--Saint Louis Marie de Montfort
December 2
“Into this world, this demented inn in which there is absolutely no room for him at all, Christ comes uninvited.”
-Thomas Merton
December 1
“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux
November 30
“Merely to love things above is already to mount on high.”
-Pope St. Gregory the Great
November 28
“Lord, I will put myself at hell’s gate, so that I can stop anyone else from entering there.”
-Blessed Dominic Barberi
November 27
“God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end.”
-Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1037
November 25
“In the glory of heaven the blessed continue joyfully to fulfill God’s will in relation to other men and to all creation.”
-Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1029
November 24
“Those who die in God’s grace and friendship and are perfectly purified live forever with Christ. They are like God for ever, for they 'see him as he is,' face to face.”
-Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1023
