February 6

"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

February 5

"Jesus does not say 'no' to the authentic demands of the heart, but only a clear, loud 'yes' to life, to love, to freedom, to peace and to hope. With Him no goal is impossible and even a small act of generosity grows and can lead to change."

-St. John Paul the Great

February 4

"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier."

-St. Teresa of Calcutta

February 3

"True love begins when nothing is looked for in return."

-St. Therese of Lisieux

February 2

"We become what we love. Who we love shapes what we become."

-St. Clare of Assisi

February 1

"The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love."

-St. John Paul the Great

January 31

"And when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, 'Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.'"

-Luke 5:4

January 30

"Let us forgive and ask forgiveness! ... The acceptance of God's forgiveness leads to the commitment to forgive our brothers and sisters and to be reconciled with them."

-St. John Paul II

January 29

"On Him we have set our hope that He will deliver us again."

-2 Corinthians 1:10

January 28

"The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

-Mark 12:28-31