October 28
Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified.
Saint Margaret Mary AlacoqueOctober 16
October 12
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted; to understand, than to be understood; to love, than to be loved.
Saint Francis of AssisiOctober 4
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
Saint Augustine of HippoAugust 28
If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother.
Saint Maximilian Mary KolbeAugust 14
O blessed poverty, who bestows eternal riches on those who love and embrace her!
Saint Clare of AssisiAugust 11
One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.
Saint Edith SteinAugust 9
"There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us."
Saint Jean VianneyAugust 4
He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.
Saint Alphonsus LiguoriAugust 1