April 14
"How often I have failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer."
--St. Teresa of Avila, her Life (paraphrase)
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April 13, 2018
April 13
"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."
--From an address of Pope St. John Paul II, “Women: Teachers of Peace”
April 12, 2018
April 12
"When we really love, we rejoice in the happiness of the loved one and make every sacrifice to procure it for him."
--St. Therese of Lisieux, Story of a Soul
April 11, 2018
April 11
St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr (1030-1097)
“The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians.”
--A maxim of Tertullian
April 10, 2018
April 10
“The great truth that God is all, and the rest nothing, becomes the life of the soul, and upon it one can lean securely amid the incomprehensible mysteries of this world.”
--Traditionally attributed to Bl. Marie-Therese De Soubiran
April 9, 2018
April 9
“Love has a hem to her garment
That reaches the very dust.
It sweeps the stains
From the streets and lanes,
And because it can, it must.”
--Anonymous poem,
beloved by St. Teresa of Calcutta,
describing St. Fabiola
April 8, 2018
April 8
“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.”
--From a sermon of St. Bernard
April 7, 2018
April 7
St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle (1651-1719)
“Adapt yourself with gracious and charitable compliance to all your neighbor’s weaknesses. In particular, make a rule to hide your feelings in many inconsequential matters.”
--St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle to his Christian Brothers
April 6, 2018
April 6
“However severe God’s guidance may seem to us at times, it’s always the guidance of a Father who is infinitely good, wise, and kind.”
--Traditionally attributed to St. Julie Billiart
April 5, 2018
April 5
St. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419)
“You must open the interior eyes of your soul on this light, on this heaven within you, a vast horizon stretching far beyond the realm of human activity.”
--From a letter of St. Vincent Ferrer
