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Showing posts with label Faith of the Fathers. Show all posts
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Monday, May 7, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Dorotheus of Gaza


St. Dorotheus of Gaza, from Mount Saint Dionysius, Mount Athos, 1547



When God created man, He planted something divine into him — a certain conception — a spark that has both light and warmth. The conception that enlightens the mind and indicates what is right and what is wrong is called conscience. Conscience is a natural law. Living in times before any written law, patriarchs and saints pleased God by following the voice of their conscience.

Saint Dorotheus of Gaza



Sunday, May 6, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Rose Venerini


Saint Rose Venerini, PD-Art-1923



I feel so nailed to the will of God that nothing else matters, neither death nor life. I want what He wants. I want to serve Him as much as pleases Him and no more.

Saint Rose Venerini



Saturday, May 5, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church


Bernard of Clairvaux, true effigy by Georg Andreas Wasshuber (1650–1732)



If things always went wrong, no one could endure it; if things always went well, everyone would become arrogant.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux


Saint Bernard of Clairvaux's patronage: Beekeepers; bees; Burgundy, France; candlemakers; chandlers; Cistercian Order; Cistercians; Knights Templar; wax-melters; wax refiners; Gibraltar; Queens College, Cambridge; Speyer Cathedral.



Friday, May 4, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Augustine of Hippo


The earliest known portrait of Saint Augustine in a 6th-century fresco



Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.

Saint Augustine of Hippo



Saint Augustine of Hippo's patronage: Brewers; against sore eyes; against vermin; printers; theologians; Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Diocese of Ida, Philippines; Diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan; Diocese of Laredo, Texas; Diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida; Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin; Diocese of Tucson, Arizona; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; Carpineto Romano, Italy; Isleta Indian Pueblo; Ponte Nizza, Italy; Saint Augustine, Florida; San Austin, Ibiza, Spain; Valletta, Malta.



Thursday, May 3, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Francis de Sales


Saint Francis de Sales




Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they be not inconvenienced by them.

Saint Francis de Sales



Saint Francis de Sales' patronage: Authors; Diocese of Annecy, France; Diocese of Baker, Oregon; Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio; Catholic press; Diocese of Columbus, Ohio; Diocese of Houma-Theibodaux, Louisiana; Diocese of Keimoes-Upington, South Africa; confessors; deaf people; against deafness; Diocese of Oakland, California; Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware; educators; journalists; teachers; writers; the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest; Salesians of Don Bosco.



Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint James the Just the Apostle


Icon of Saint James the Just, Apostle



Is any of you sad? Let him pray. Is he cheerful in mind? Let him sing. Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much.

Saint James the Just from the Epistle of James 5:13-16


Saint James the Just's patronage: Apothecaries; druggists; dying people; fullers; hatmakers; hatters; milliners; pharmacists; Uruguay.



Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Athanasius of Alexandria


Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, Icon



Mary, Mother of Grace, it becomes you to be mindful of us, as you stand near him who granted you all graces, for you are the Mother of God and our Queen. Help us for the sake of the King, the Lord God and Master who was born of you. For this reason, you are called full of grace. Remember us, most holy Virgin, and bestow on us gifts from the riches of your graces, Virgin full of graces.

Saint Athanasius of Alexandria



Monday, April 30, 2018

Saint Quote : Pope Saint John Paul II on Saint Joseph the Worker


Saint Joseph



Saint Joseph, guardian of Jesus and chaste husband of Mary, you passed your life in loving fulfillment of duty. You supported the holy family of Nazareth with the work of your hands. Kindly protect those who trustingly come to you. You know their aspirations, their hardships, their hopes. They look to you because they know you will understand and protect them. You too knew trial, labor and weariness. But amid the worries of material life, your soul was full of deep peace and sang out in true joy through intimacy with God’s Son entrusted to you and with Mary, his tender Mother. Assure those you protect that they do not labor alone. Teach them to find Jesus near them and to watch over Him faithfully as you have done. Amen.

Pope Saint John Paul II


Pope Saint John Paul II's patronage: Archdiocese of Kraków; World Youth Day (Co-Patron); World Meeting of Families 2015 (Co-Patron); Young Catholics; Families; Polish-Ukrainian Reconciliation.



Sunday, April 29, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Pope Saint Pius V


Pope Saint Pius V -- by Scipione Pulzone



All the evils of the world are due to lukewarm Catholics.

Pope Saint Pius V


Pope Saint Pius V's patronage: Bosco Marengo, Italy; Valletta, Malta; Pietrelcina, Italy; Roccaforte Mondovi; Diocese of Alessandria in Piedmont, Italy.



Saturday, April 28, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church


"Saint Catherine of Siena" -- by Baldassare Franceschini



We are of such value to God that He came to live among us... and to guide us home. He will go to any length to seek us, even to being lifted high upon the cross to draw us back to Himself. We can only respond by loving God for His love.

Saint Catherine of Siena


Saint Catherine of Siena's patronage: Against fire; against bodily ills; diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; Europe; against illness; Italy; against miscarriages; people ridiculed for their piety; against sexual temptation; sick people; against sickness; nurses; nursing services; Siena, Italy; Varazze, Italy; firefighters; fire prevention; against temptations.



Friday, April 27, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Ignatius of Loyola


Saint Ignatius of Loyola -- by Peter Paul Rubens



Let each one remember that he will make progress in all spiritual things only insofar as he rids himself of self-love, self-will, and self-interest.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola


Saint Ignatius of Loyola's patronage: Basque country; Jesuit Order; Jesuits; retreats; soldiers; Spiritual Exercises (by Pope Pius XI).



Thursday, April 26, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Canisius


Saint Peter Canisius



Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith.

Saint Peter Canisius


Saint Peter Canisius' patronage: Catholic press; Germany; writers of Catechisms.



Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint John Mary Vianney


Saint John Mary Vianney



When we are before the Blessed Sacrament, instead of looking about, let us shut our eyes and our mouth; let us open our heart: our good God will open His; we shall go to Him, He will come to us, the one to ask, the other to receive; it will be like a breath from one to the other. What sweetness do we not find in forgetting ourselves in order to seek God! The saints lost sight of themselves that they might see nothing but God, and labor for Him alone; they forgot all created objects in order to find Him alone. This is the way to reach Heaven.

Saint John Mary Vianney from his writing "On the Real Presence"


Saint John Mary Vianney's patronage: Priests; confessors; Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa; Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota; diocese of Kansas City, Kansas; diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana; diocese of Kamloops, British Columbia; Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney.



Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Mark the Evangelist


Saint Mark



And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.

Saint Mark the Evangelist from “The Gospel According to Saint Mark” 16:20


Saint Mark the Evangelist's patronage: Against impenitence; attorneys; barristers; captives; Egypt; glaziers; imprisoned people; insect bites; lions; notaries; prisoners; scrofulous diseases; stained glass workers; struma; Diocese of Venice, Florida; Venice, Italy.



Monday, April 23, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier


Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier



The Blessed Sacrament is the first and supreme object of our worship. We must preserve in the depths of our hearts a constant and uninterrupted, profound adoration of this precious pledge of Divine Love.

Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier


Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier's patronage: Travelers.



Sunday, April 22, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Damian


Saint Peter Damian



Saint George was a man who abandoned one army for another: he gave up the rank of tribune to enlist as a soldier for Christ. Eager to encounter the enemy, he first stripped away his worldly wealth by giving all he had to he poor. Then, free and unencumbered, bearing the shield of faith, he plunged into the think of the battle, an ardent soldier for Christ. Clearly what he did serves to teach us a valuable lesson: if we are afraid to strip ourselves of out worldly possessions, then we are unfit to make a strong defense of the faith. Dear brothers, let us not only admire the courage of this fighter in heaven's army, but follow his example. Let us be inspired to strive for the reward of heavenly glory. We must now cleanse ourselves, as Saint Paul tells us, from all defilement of body and spirit, so that one day we too may deserve to enter that temple of blessedness to which we now aspire.

Saint Peter Damian from a sermon


Saint Peter Damian's patronage: Faenza, Italy; traceurs; freerunners.



Saturday, April 21, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Epiphanius of Salamis


Saint Epiphanius of Salamis



We believe in one Catholic and Apostolic Church, and in one Baptism of repentance, and in the resurrection of the dead and the just judgment of souls and bodies, and in the kingdom of heaven, and in eternal life. But those who say that there was a time when the Son or the Holy Spirit was not, or was made out of nothing or of another substance or essence, who say the Son of God or the Holy Spirit is liable to change or to becoming different, these people the Catholic and Apostolic Church, your Mother and ours, anathematizes; and again we anathematize those who do not confess the resurrection of the dead, and all heresies which are not consistent with this, the true faith.

Saint Epiphanius of Salamis



Friday, April 20, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Anselm of Canterbury


Saint Anselm of Canterbury



God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.

Saint Anselm of Canterbury



Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux


Saint Thérèse of Lisieux



For me, prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trial as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus.

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux


Saint Thérèse of Lisieux's patronage: Florists; foreign missions; missionaries; pilots; against tuberculosis; AIDS sufferers; illness; loss of parents; Australia; France; Russia; Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska; Diocese of Fresno, California; Diocese of Juneau, Alaska; Diocese of Pueblo, Colorado.



Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Vincent de Paul





He who allows himself to be ruled or guided by the lower and animal part of his nature, deserves to be called a beast rather than a man.

Saint Vincent de Paul


Saint Vincent de Paul's patronage: Against leprosy; Brothers of Charity; Sisters of Charity; charitable societies; charitable workers; charities; horses; hospitals; hospital workers; lepers; lost articles; prisoners; volunteers; spiritual help; Saint Vincent de Paul Societies; Vincentian Service Corps; Madagascar; diocese of Richmond, Virginia.