June 18
“Whenever any grievous temptation or vehement sorrow oppresses thee, invoke they guardian, thy leader; cry out to him and say, 'Lord, save us, lest we perish!'"
--St. Bernard
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Finding our Mother
June 17
“Meditate often on the sorrows of the holy Mother, sorrows inseparable from those of her beloved Son. If you seek the Cross, there you will find the mother’ and where the Mother is, there also is the Son."
-St. Paul of the Cross
Moment to Moment
June 16
“We should not wish for anything but what comes to us from moment to moment, exercising ourselves nonetheless for good."
-St. Catherine of Genoa
Great Women
June 15
“The great women always recall us to the deeper needs and the greater destinies; and so they try to save the world from the shallow, the slick, the facile, and the cruel, and to show us that the world of men is not meant to be either a battlefield or a laboratory, but a family.”
--Gerald Vann, O. P.
The Importance of Prayer
June 14
“Give up prayer, and you no longer see the inwardness of things; you see only the surface. And with nothing to go by but effects, statistics, and evidence supplied by natural perceptions, you arrive at the wrong conclusions."
-Dom Hubert Van Zeller
Actions and Words
June 13
Feast of St. Anthony of Padua (1231)
"Actions speak louder than words. Let your words teach and your actions speak."
--St. Anthony of Padua
Firm Purpose of Amendment
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June 12
"Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages."
-St. Francis de Sales
A Unique Quality of Woman
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June 11
“A quality unique to woman is her singular sensitivity to moral values and an abhorrence of all which is low and mean; this quality protects her against the dangers of seduction and total surrender to sensuality.”
-St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
Sinners, Each One of Us
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June 10
“Yes, we are all sinners, but let us never forget that we are saved sinners. It is obvious that we are going to stumble a million times between our birth and death. But when we look at the Gospel, we see immediately that God came, not for the perfect ones, but for sinners. That means each one of us."
-- Catherine Doherty
Today's Reflection:
What solace these words bring to me as I consider my latest regret, my latest transgression! Thank you, Jesus, for reminding me today of your saving act of redemption.
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Knowing Our Spiritual Self
June 9
Feast of St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor (306 - 373)
“Savior, your crucifixion marked the end of your mortal life; teach us to crucify ourselves and make way for our life in the Spirit. May your resurrection, Jesus, bring true greatness to our spiritual self and may your sacraments be the mirror wherein we may know that self.”
-St. Ephrem
