August 26
“Take from the ‘Mother of mercy’ and ‘Consolation of the afflicted’ an example and inspiration at every moment. She will guide you to her Son and will teach you the value of every soul.”
-St. Pope John Paul II
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Total Dependence on God
August 25
“I am concealing Myself from you so that you can discover by yourself what you are without Me.”
-God to St. Margaret of Cortona
Preaching the Good News
August 24
Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle
“It was clear through unlearned men that the cross was persuasive, in fact, it persuaded the whole world.”
-St. John Chrysostom
Ladder to Heaven
August 23
Feast of St. Rose of Lima, Virgin (1586 – 1617)
"Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven."
-St. Rose of Lima
Feast of the Queenship of Mary
August 22
Feast of the Queenship of Mary
“Mary, Queen of Peace, is close to the women of our day because of her motherhood, her example of openness to others’ needs, and her witness of suffering.”
-St. Pope John Paul II
Current Temptation
August 21
“Remember the Devil doesn’t sleep, but seeks our ruin in a thousand ways.”
-St. Angela Merici
Responding to Our Creator
August 20
“Of all the movements, sensations and feelings of the soul, love is the only one in which the creature can respond to the Creator and make some sort of similar return however unequal though it be.”
-St. Bernard
Giving Ourselves to God
August 19
Feast of St. John Eudes (1601 – 1680)
"Let us therefore give ourselves to God with a great desire to begin to live thus, and beg Him to destroy in us the life of the world of sin, and to establish His life within us."
-St. John Eudes
Leave the "Doing" to God
August 18
Feast of St. Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641)
"Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to him. That is all the doing you have to worry about."
-St. Jane de Chantal
God's Mercy
August 17
“It is not our perfection which is to dazzle God, Who is surrounded by myriads of angels. No, it is our misery, our wretchedness avowed which draws down His mercy.”
-Blessed Columba Marmion, O.S.B.
