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Feast of St. Norbert (1080 - 1134)
"Faith was the outstanding virtue of Norbert's life. Affable and charming, amiable to one and all, he was at ease in the company of the humble and the great alike."
-From the life of St. Norbert
Knowing our Spiritual Self
June 5
"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
How could this be?
June 4
"How could this be?" Mary asked the angel. Gabriel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God."
Love, praise and adoration
June 3
"From the depths of my nothingness, I prostrate myself before Thee, O Most Sacred, Divine and Adorable Heart of Jesus, to pay Thee all the homage of love, praise and adoration in my power. Amen."
-St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Do I See God in Everyone?
Becoming a Martyr
June 1
Feast of St. Justin Martyr
"Though beheaded, and crucified, and thrown to wild beasts, in chains and fire, and all other tortures, we do not give up our confession; but the more such things happen, the more others, in larger numbers, become believers."
-St. Justin Martyr
Conquering the World
May 31
"Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world."
-Pope Pius IX
Mary, Our Blessed Mother
May 30
"God has fashioned and shaped only one enmity, and that an irreconcilable one, which will endure and even increase, until the end. It is that between the Virgin Mary and the Devil, between the children and servants of the Blessed Virgin and the children and accomplices of Satan; so that the most terrible of the enemies of Satan created by God is Mary, his Blessed Mother."
-St. Louis de Montfort
Recite your Rosary
May 28
"Recite your Rosary with faith, with humility, with confidence, and with perseverance."
-St. Bernardine of Siena