December 9
“Mary is the attentive Virgin, who receives the word of God with faith, that faith which in her case was the gateway and path to divine motherhood, for, as St. Augustine realized, “Blessed Mary by believing conceived Him [Jesus] whom believing she brought forth.”
-Pope Paul VI
November 30
"God formed man to be imperishable;
the image of his own nature he made them.
But by the envy of the Devil, death entered the world,
and they who are in his possession experience it.
But the souls of the just are in the hand of God,
and no torment shall touch them.
November 28
"I beseech you, my child, to look at the heaven and the earth and see everything that is in them, and recognize that God did not make them out of things that existed. Thus also mankind comes into being."
-2 Maccabees 7:28
November 27
"He will destroy death forever. The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces. "
-Isiah 25:8
November 26
"Hell is full of the talented, but Heaven of the energetic. "
- St. Jeanne de Chantal
November 25
"A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind."
- St. John Vianney
November 24
"So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God."
-Romans 14:12
November 23
"You can’t go to Heaven hating somebody. Forgive now. Be compassionate now. Be patient now. Be grateful now. Love Jesus and Mary now. Accept God’s will now."
-Mother Angelica
November 22
"As sailors are guided by a star to the port, so are Christians guided to Heaven by Mary."
-St. Thomas Aquinas
