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Thursday, February 8, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Miguel Febres-Cordero y Muñoz




The heart is rich when it is content, and it is always content when its desires are fixed on God.

Saint Miguel Febres-Cordero y Muñoz



Saint Miguel Febres-Cordero y Muñoz's patronage: Brothers of the Christian Schools; Ecuador; Teachers; Writers



Saturday, January 13, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi - PD-1923


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.



Monday, November 6, 2017

Blessed John Duns Scotus Quote

Blessed John Duns Scotus - PD-1923


O Lord our God! You are one in nature. You are one in number. Truly have you said that besides you there is no God. For though many may be called gods or thought to be gods, you alone are by nature God. You are the true God from whom, in whom and through whom all things are; you are blessed forever. Amen!






Thursday, November 2, 2017

Saint Martin de Porres Quote

Saint Martin de Porres - PD-1923


Everything, even sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick could be a prayer, if it were offered to God.

Saint Martin de Porres



Saint Martin de Porres' patronage: African-Americans; against rats; barbers; bi-racial people; hair stylists; hairdressers; hotel-keepers; innkeepers; inter-racial justice; mixed-race people; mulattoes; paupers; Peru; poor people; public education; public health; public schools; race relations; racial harmony; social justice; state schools; television.




Monday, October 30, 2017

Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez Quote

Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez


As love is paid for in love, I must imitate Him, sharing in spirit all His sufferings. I must consider how much I owe Him and what He has done for me. Putting these sufferings between God and my soul, I must say, “What does it matter, my God, that I should endure for your love these small hardships? For you, Lord, endured so many great hardships for me.”

Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez



Saint Alphonsus Rodriguez's patronage: city of Majorca, Spain; island of Majorca, Spain




Thursday, October 26, 2017

Saint Bernardine of Siena Quote

Saint Bernardine of Siena - PD-1923


Tribulation is the guardian of the heart. It puts man out of the way of many a fall, it urges him to fight for truth, to flee from dangerous occasions, to ask the divine assistance.

Saint Bernardine of Siena



Saint Bernardine of Siena's patronage: Advertisers; advertising; Aquila, Italy; chest problems; Italy; Diocese of San Bernardino, California; gambling addicts; public relations personnel; public relations work; Bernalda, Italy




Thursday, October 19, 2017

Saint Paul of the Cross Quote

Saint Paul of the Cross - PD-1923


I hope that God will save me through the merits of the Passion of Jesus. The more difficulties in life, the more I hope in God. By God’s grace I will not lose my soul, but I hope in His mercy.

Saint Paul of the Cross


Saint Paul of the Cross' patronage: Passionist order; Ovada, Italy




Sunday, October 15, 2017

Saint Gerard Majella Quote



Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?

Saint Gerard Majella



Saint Gerard Majella's patronage: Children (and unborn children in particular); childbirth; mothers (and expectant mothers in particular); motherhood; falsely accused people; good confessions; lay brothers; and Muro Lucano, Italy.




Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Saint Anthony of Padua Quote

Baby Jesus with Saint Anthony of Padua - PD-1923


How many Christians weep over temporal misfortunes, and yet are insensible to the loss of their immortal souls! They avoid going near a corpse, and yet delight daily in the company of sinners.

-- Saint Anthony of Padua



Saint Anthony of Padua's patronage: Against shipwrecks; against starvation; against starving; American Indians; amputees; animals; asses; barrenness; boatmen; Brazil; diocese of Beaumont, Texas; domestic animals; elderly people; expectant mothers; faith in the Blessed Sacrament; Ferrazzano, Italy; fishermen; harvests; horses; Lisbon, Portugal; lost articles; lower animals; mail; mariners; oppressed people; Padua, Italy; paupers; poor people; Portugal; pregnant women; sailors; seekers of lost articles; shipwrecks; starvation; starving people; sterility; swineherds; Tigua Indians; travel hostesses; travellers; watermen.




Thursday, October 5, 2017

Saint Bruno of Cologne Quote

PD-1923


For the devil may tempt the good, but he cannot find rest in them; for he is shaken violently, and upset, and driven out, now by their prayers, now by their tears of repentance, and now by their almsgiving and similar good works.

- Saint Bruno of Cologne



Saint Bruno of Cologne's patronage: diabolic possession; Ruthenia; Germany; Calabria; monastic fraternities; Carthusians; trade marks; possessed people.




Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Saint Francis of Assisi Quote

PD-1923


Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the stains of sin. Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.

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; Sante Fe, New Mexico; archdiocese of San Francisco, California; archdiocese of Denver, Colorado; archdiocese of Sante Fe, New Mexico; diocese of Salina, Kansas.




Monday, September 11, 2017

Saint Francis of Assisi Quote

Saint Francis of Assisi


It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.

-- 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; Sante Fe, New Mexico; archdiocese of San Francisco, California; archdiocese of Denver, Colorado; archdiocese of Sante Fe, New Mexico; diocese of Salina, Kansas.




Sunday, September 10, 2017

Blessed Charles Spinola Quote

Blessed Charles Spinola


I, who can aver that I now begin to be a disciple of Christ amid the greatest pain and confinement of prison, even when my strength seemed failing from hunger alone, I was always refreshed by such delights of consolation, that I deemed all my sufferings undergone in the divine service richly rewarded. Were I still to pass several years in this dungeon, the time would seem to me short in my intense desire of suffering for His love, who so lavishly rewards the labors of this life and makes even torture itself sweet and desirable. Yet God is to be served chiefly for himself alone, for He is the fountain of all goodness, and merits all our devotion without any hope of reward.


-– Blessed Charles Spinola




Saturday, September 9, 2017

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Quote

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino


The heavens are not pure in the sight of Him Whom I serve; how then shall I, a sinful man, stand before Him?

-– Saint Nicholas of Tolentino



Saint Nicholas of Tolentino's patronage: animals; babies; boatmen; diocese of Cabanatuan, Philippines; dying people; Lambunao, Philippines; Guimbal, Iloilo, mariners; diocese of Mati; holy souls; Philippines; sailors; sick animals; souls in purgatory; diocese of Tandag, Philippines; watermen; patron saint of Surigao City, La Huerta, Parañaque City and Buli and Cupang in Muntinlupa City, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte a town named after St. Nicholas De Tolentino, Banton, Romblon in the Philippines; patron saint of La Aldea de San Nicolás in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Island, Spain




Friday, September 1, 2017

Saint Solomon Leclerq Quote

Saint Solomon Leclerq


As for us, we hold to what we believed ten and twenty years ago; to what our forefathers believed one hundred years ago, and one thousand years ago, and to that which the whole Catholic world has always believed.

-- Saint Solomon Leclerq


Saint Solomon Leclerq's patronage: Persecuted Christians






Saturday, August 19, 2017

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Quote

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux


Look at that clever calumniator! He begins by fetching a deep sigh, he affects to be humble, and puts on a modest look, and with a voice choking with sobs tries to gloss over the slander which is on the tip of his tongue. One would fancy that he expressly assumed a calm and easy demeanor; for when he speaks against his brother, it is in a tender and compassionate tone. I am really hurt, says he, to find that our brother has fallen into such a sin; you all know how much I love him, and how often I have tried to correct him. It is not today that I have noticed his failing; for I should always be on my guard to speak of others, but others have spoken of it too. It would be in vain to disguise the fact; it is only too true, and with tears in my eyes I tell it to you. This poor unfortunate brother has talent, but it must be confessed that he is very guilty, and however great may be our friendship for him, it is impossible to excuse him.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux from a sermon


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



Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Saint John of God Quote



Whenever I see so many poor brothers and neighbours of mine suffering beyond their strength and overwhelmed with so many physical or mental ills which I cannot alleviate, then I become exceedingly sorrowful; but I trust in Christ, who knows my heart. And so I say, “Woe to the man who trusts in men rather than in Christ.”

-- Saint John of God from a letter

Saint John of God's patronage: against alcoholism; against bodily ills; against sickness; alcoholics; bookbinders; booksellers; dying people; firefighters; heart patients; hospitals; hospital workers; nurses; publishers; printers; sick people; the mentally ill; and Tultepec, Mexico.




Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Blessed Brother Solomon Le Clerq Quote



As for us, we hold to what we believed ten and twenty years ago; to what our forefathers believed one hundred years ago, and one thousand years ago, and to that which the whole Catholic world has always believed. –

-- Blessed Brother Solomon Le Clerq




Monday, April 20, 2015

Saint Conrad of Parzham Quote

Saint Conrad of Parzham


I have come to spend a few moments with Thee, O Jesus, and in spirit I prostrate myself in the dust before Thy Holy Tabernacle to adore Thee, my Lord and God, in deepest humility. Once more a day has come to its close, dear Jesus, another day which brings me nearer to the grave and my beloved heavenly home. Once more, O Jesus, my heart longs for Thee, the true Bread of Life, which contains all sweetness and relish. O my Jesus, mercifully grant me pardon for the faults and ingratitude of this day, and come to me to refresh my poor heart which longs for Thee. As the heart pants for the waters, as the parched earth longs for the dew of heaven, even so does my poor heart long for Thee, Thou Fount of Life. I love Thee, O Jesus, I hope in Thee, I love Thee, and out of love for Thee I regret sincerely all my sins. May Thy peace and Thy benediction be mine now and always and for all eternity. Amen.

-- Saint Conrad of Parzham a spiritual communion by him





Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Saint John of God Quote

"St. John of God saving the Sick from a Fire at the Royal Hospital" by Manuel Gómez-Moreno González
"St. John of God saving the Sick from a Fire at the Royal Hospital"
by Manuel Gómez-Moreno González

Labor without stopping; do all the good works you can while you still have the time.

-- Saint John of God