February 12
“When a great suffering or some very little suffering is offered to us, oh, let us think very quickly that ‘this is our Hour’ the hour when we are going to prove our love for Him who has ‘loved us exceedingly.’”
-St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
If you’re looking for love this Valentine’s day, many people, including Catholics, are resorting to methods other than swiping on dating apps to find their true love. When all else fails, some are resorting to superstitions and magic.
February 11
“Why, then, do you wander wide, poor child of earth, in your search after goods for body and soul? Love the One Good, in whom all good things are, and it is enough. For what do you love, O my flesh? What do you desire, O my soul? There it is, there it is: whatever you love, whatever you desire.”
–St. Anselm
February 10
“Everything that is done out of Love acquires greatness and beauty.”
–St. Josemaria Escriva
February 9
“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has the eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.”
-St. Augustine
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
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
SL writes: ” . . . I lost my sister to cancer two years ago. After her cough became progressively worse with alternative therapies she finally sought conventional treatment at the behest of her family. Unfortunately, it was too late in the course of her Stage 4 lung cancer . . .
February 6
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship”
-St. Thomas Aquinas
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
