
February 1
"The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love."
-Pope St. John Paul II

February 1
"The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love."
-Pope St. John Paul II

January 31
“Saint Martha was a saint, even though they do not say she was contemplative… the active and contemplative lives are joined. … Thus Martha and Mary walk together.”
-St. Teresa of Avila

January 30
“Let us desire and be occupied in prayer not for the sake of our enjoyment but so as to have this strength to serve... Believe me, Martha and Mary must join together in order to show hospitality to the Lord and to have him always present and not host him badly for failing to give him something to eat. How would Mary, always seated at his feet, provide him with food if her sister did not help her?”
-St. Teresa of Avila

January 29
"The soul of woman must be expansive and open to all human beings, it must be quiet so that no small weak flame will be extinguished by stormy winds; warm so as not to benumb fragile buds … empty of itself, in order that extraneous life may have room in it; finally, mistress of itself and also of its body, so that the entire person is readily at the disposal of every call."
-St. Edith Stein
Before beginning the Women of Grace Foundational Study, I was grateful for the many blessings in my life. I had a devoted husband, a loving marriage of more than thirty five years, and three children who practiced their faith and tried to live as kind, committed Catholics. Still, beneath the surface, I carried worries I could not control. I often spent my time on things that left me feeling empty, and in a difficult season I failed to witness my Catholic faith as I knew I should. Yet in God’s mercy, even through my weaknesses, He gently led me to the Women of Grace Foundational Study.

January 15
“Human life—your life—and its humdrum, ordinary business, have a meaning which is divine, which belongs to eternity.”
-St. Josemaría Escrivá

January 14
"Ordinary Time is a time for growth and maturation, a time in which the mystery of Christ is called to penetrate ever more deeply into history until all things are finally caught up in Christ."
-USCCB
"Woman of Grace has truly enriched my life in so many ways over the years. For many years I have listened to your radio show and have learned the truths of our Catholic faith in ways I had never been told. You share the truths of our Catholic faith with obedience, generosity and clarity. Your inspiration and ministry have prompted me to want to learn more and share my faith with love and confidence.

January 7
"Then God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...' So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them."
-Genesis 1:26, 27

January 5
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you."
-Jeremiah 1:5
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