Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Francis of Assisi

No one can acquire any virtue unless he begins by dying to himself.

– Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi's patronage: Against fire; animals; Catholic Action; dying alone; ecology; environment; families; fire; lacemakers; merchants; peace; zoos; Italy; Assisi, Italy; Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico; archdiocese of San Francisco, California; archdiocese of Denver, Colorado; archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico; diocese of Salina, Kansas.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Hilary of Poitiers

Little children follow and obey their father. They love their mother. They know nothing of covetousness, ill-will, bad temper, arrogance and lying. This state of mind opens the road to heaven. To imitate our Lord’s own humility, we must return to the simplicity of God’s little ones.

– Saint Hilary of Poitiers

Saint Hilary of Poitiers' patronage: Against snakes; against rheumatism; backward children; children learning to walk; mothers; sick people; against snake bites; La Rochelle, France; Poitiers Luçon, France; Argusto, Italy; Vervio, Italy.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Margaret Bourgeoys

It is true that all I have ever desired most deeply and what I still most ardently wish is that the great precept of the love of God above all things and of the neighbour as oneself be written in every heart.

– Saint Margaret Bourgeoys

Saint Margaret Bourgeoys' patronage: Against poverty; against impoverishment; loss of parents; people rejected by religious orders; poor people; against poverty.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Vitalis of Gaza

Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the heart.

– Saint Vitalis of Gaza

Saint Vitalis of Gaza's patronage: Prostitutes; day laborers

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Angela Merici

The surest means of salvation is to do each day of our lives what we should wish to have done at the hour of our death.

– Saint Angela Merici

Saint Angela Merici's patronage: Bodily ills; disabled people; handicapped people; illness; loss of parents; physically challenged people; sick people; sickness.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Augustine of Hippo

No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.

– Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine of Hippo's patronage: Brewers; diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan; printers; city of Saint Augustine, Florida; diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida; sore eyes; diocese of Superior, Wisconsin; theologians; diocese of Tucson, Arizona.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Ambrose of Milan on the Baptism of the Lord

The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.

– Saint Ambrose of Milan

Saint Ambrose of Milan's patronage: Bee keepers; bees; bishops; candlemakers; chandlers; domestic animals; French Commissariat; geese; learning; livestock; Milan, Italy; police officers; schoolchildren; students; wax melters; wax refiners.