February 8
“If we wish to serve God and love our neighbor well, we must manifest our joy in the service we render to Him and them. Let us open wide our hearts. It is joy which invites us. Press forward and fear nothing.”
-St. Katherine Drexel
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What shall I do for Him?
February 7
“What has He done for me? He has loved me and given me His whole self. What shall I do for Him? I shall love Him and give myself to Him without reserve.”
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
Do you have true friendship in your life?
February 6
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship”
-St. Thomas Aquinas
God sends us friends
February 5
“God sends us friends to be our firm support in the whirlpool of struggle. In the company of friends we will find strength to attain our sublime ideal.”
-St- Maximilian Kolbe
When a woman embraces her calling
February 4
“Every woman in the world was made to be a mother either physically or spiritually. Here we are not talking of physical motherhood, we are speaking of spiritual motherhood. A women in professional life is happy when she has the occasion to be feminine. The man is the guardian of nature, but the woman is the custodian of life. Therefore in whatever she does, she must have some occasion to be kind and merciful to others.”
-Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Virtuous living should shine brightly
February 3
“The charity which burned in the household at Nazareth should be an inspiration for every family. All the Christian virtues should flourish in the family, unity should thrive, and the example of its virtuous living should shine brightly.”
-St. John XXIII
A heart full of love
February 2
“Wash the plate not because it is dirty nor because you are told to wash it, but because you love the person who will use it next.”
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
See yourself as God sees you
January 2
“The hand that assumed clay to make our flesh deigned to assume a body for your salvation. That the Creator is in his creature and God is in the flesh brings dignity to man without dishonour to him who made him. Why then, man, are you so worthless in your own eyes and yet so precious to God?”
-St. Peter Chrysologus
Enter the cave of Bethlehem
January 1
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
“Arise, all ye nobles and peasants; Mary invites all, rich and poor, just and sinners, to enter the cave of Bethlehem, to adore and to kiss the feet of her new-born Son. Go in, then, all ye devout souls; go and see the Creator of heaven and earth on a little hay, under the form of a little Infant; but so beautiful that he sheds all around rays of light. Now that he is born and is lying on the straw, the cave is no longer horrible, but is become a paradise. Let us enter; let us not be afraid.”
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
Because of your hope
December 31
“Christ is born, glorify Him! Christ from heaven, go out to meet Him! Christ on earth, be exalted! Sing to the Lord all the whole earth; and that I may join both in one word, let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, for Him who is of heaven and then of earth. Christ in the flesh, rejoice with trembling and with joy; with trembling because of your sins, with joy because of your hope.”
-St. Gregory Nazianzen
