April 19
"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."
-Pope St. John Paul II
April 18
"Do not fear, I will save you and set you free."
-Jesus to St. Gertrude the Great
April 17
"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)
April 16
"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
April 15
"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
April 14
"By union with God we shall gain hearts... Without this union we will but make a little noise."
-St. Julie Billiart
April 13
"God needs spiritual mothers–women who can 'mother' unmothered children."
-Dale O'Leary
April 12
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin shall be with child, and bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel."
-Isaiah 7:14
April 11
"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done to me according to Thy word."
-Luke 1:38
April 10
"Women, you do know how to make truth sweet, tender and accessible, make it your task to bring the spirit of this council into institutions, schools, homes and daily life. Women of the entire universe, whether Christian or non-believing, you to whom life is entrusted at this grave moment in history, it is for you to save the peace of the world."
-TO WOMEN, VATICAN COUNCIL II CLOSING SPEECHES AND MESSAGES, Pope Paul VI
