November 12
Feast of St. Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr (1580 – 1623)
“[St. Josaphat] felt that God had inspired him to restore worldwide unity to the Church. Concerned mainly with seeing his own people reunited to the See of Peter, he sought every available argument that would foster and maintain Church unity.”
-Pope Pius XII
November 11
“I have given everything to my Master: He will take care of me. The best thing for us is not what we consider best, but what the Lord wants for us.”
– St. Josephine Bakhita
November 10
“Faith is a gift, but for very few is it a gift given without any demand for equal time devoted to its cultivation.”
– Flannery O’Connor
November 9
On the Holy Eucharist: “[Jesus] could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who receives this sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste death.”
-St. Albert the Great
November 8
“Yes, in silence we can actually break the hold time has on us, and accept that our true home is not here on earth, but in eternity.”
-Sister Wendy Beckett
November 7
“When Christ came, he banished the devil from our hearts, in order to build in them a temple for himself. Let us therefore do what we can with his help, so that our evil deeds will not deface the temple.”
– St. Caesarius of Arles
November 6
“We must keep near to the souls God puts in our way, and try to understand and love them. Here we have discovered, by God’s grace, the sources of peace and the means of possessing it fully.”
-Elizabeth Leseur
November 5
“Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.”
-St. Teresa of Avila
November 4
“Our God is God. All is as He pleases. I am the happiest creature in the thought that not the least thing can happen but by His will or permission; and all for the best.”
-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
November 3
“My vocation is to let myself be led like a child, one day at a time.”
-Blessed Pierina Morosini
