For God so loved the world, as to give His only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in Him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting. – Saint John the Apostle

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Saint Jeanne de Chantal



When shall it be that we shall taste the sweetness of the Divine Will in all that happens to us, considering in everything only His good pleasure, by whom it is certain that adversity is sent with as much love as prosperity, and as much for our good? When shall we cast ourselves undeservedly into the arms of our most loving Father in Heaven, leaving to Him the care of ourselves and of our affairs, and reserving only the desire of pleasing Him, and of serving Him well in all that we can? 

-- Saint Jeanne de Chantal

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Pope Saint Damasus I



He who walking on the sea could calm the bitter waves, who gives life to the dying seeds of the earth; he who was able to loose the mortal chains of death, and after three days’ darkness could bring again to the upper world the brother for his sister Martha: he, I believe, will make Damasus rise again from the dust.

-- Pope Saint Damasus I epitaph he wrote for himself

Friday, December 9, 2011

Saint John the Apostle



See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

-- Saint John the Apostle from 1 John 3: 1 - 3

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Saint Hipparchus of Samosata



Him we adore who hung upon the cross. Him we confess to be God, and the Son of God begotten, not made, co-essential with the Father, by whose deity we believe this whole world is created, preserved, and governed. 

-- Saint Hipparchus of Samosata

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Blessed Virgin Mary



Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.

-- The Blessed Virgin Mary from Luke 1: 38

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Saint Ambrose of Milan



Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies. 

-- Saint Ambrose of Milan

Monday, December 5, 2011

Saint Augustine of Hippo



No one of you should say, "Blessed are they who have deserved to receive Christ into their homes!" Do not grieve or complain that you were born in a time when you can no longer see God in the flesh. He did not in fact take this privilege from you. As he says, "Whatever you have done to the least of my brothers, you did to me." 

-- Saint Augustine of Hippo