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.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Raymond of Penyafort

The preacher of God’s truth has told us that all who want to live righteously in Christ will suffer persecution...the only exception to this general statement is, I think, the person who either neglects, or does not know how, to live temperately, justly and righteously in this world.

– Saint Raymond of Penyafort

Saint Raymond of Penyafort's patronage: Attorneys; barristers; canon lawyers; lawyers; medical record librarians.