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JULY 6 – SAINT MARIA GORETTI
“I pray to you, my God, for to turn from you is to fall; to turn to you is to rise again; to remain in you is to stand firm. Come to me in your mercy.”
Soliloquies 1, 3
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OCTOBER 4 – SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
“You can find someone who’s religious, with plenty of this world’s goods, and yet not thereby puffed up and proud. And you can find someone in need, who has nothing, and won’t settle for anything. This one does not have more grounds for hope than the former; the first is poor in spirit, because humble, while this one is indeed poor, but not in spirit.”
Sermon 53A
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AUGUST 19 – SAINT EZECHIEL MORENO, O.A.R.
“I have experienced, and I still experience every day, that not a single mystery or obscure word of Holy Scripture becomes clear for me, unless I meet with the two commandments (love of God and love of neighbor).”
Letter 55, 21
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AUGUST 9 – SAINT TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS
“Though we labor among the many distractions of this world, we should have but one goal. For we are but travelers on a journey without as yet a fixed abode; we are on our way, not yet in our native land; we are in a state of longing, not yet of enjoyment. But let us continue on our way … so that we may ultimately arrive at our destination.”
Sermon 103, 1
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AUGUST 8 – SAINT DOMINIC
“Recognize and love the one who made you, and he will fill you, not with something of his, but with himself. You will possess God. You will be full of God. That is the great wealth of the soul.”
Sermon 107A, 3
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AUGUST 7 – SAINT SIXTUS
“People who are beyond hope pay all the less attention to their own sins, the more interested they are in those of others. They are looking for a chance to tear others to bits, not to put them right. Unable to excuse themselves, they are only too ready to accuse others.”
Sermon 19, 2
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AUGUST 6 – THE TRANSFIGURATION
“Life came down, to be killed; bread came down, to go hungry; the way came down, to grow weary on a journey; the fountain came down, to experience thirst; and are you, Peter, refusing to endure toil? Don’t seek your own profit. Have charity and love, preach the truth; then you will arrive at eternity, where you will find security.”
Sermon 78, 6
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AUGUST 5 – DEDICATION OF SAINT MARY MAJOR
“If it’s shameless of a farmer to look for a crop where he knows he hasn’t sown any seed, how much more shameless must it be to look to God to be rich in giving, when you have declined to listen to a poor man asking? It is in the poor person, after all, that the one who is never hungry has wished to be fed.”
Sermon 206, 2
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AUGUST 4 – SAINT JOHN VIANNEY
“Let us lead good lives, and while we lead good lives let us on no account take it for granted that we are without sin. Living a life that is praiseworthy includes begging pardon for things that are blameworthy.”
Sermon 19,2
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AUGUST 3 – SAINT LYDIA
“Love God; whatever you love, it comes from him. Don’t let us love the creature to the neglect of the creator, but let us pay attention to the creature, and praise the creator. I can’t show you my God; I can show you what he made.”
Sermon 261, 4