June 19
"[God] allows temptation so as to give you maturity, understanding and effectiveness in your apostolic work with souls, and above all, to make you humble, very humble."
-S. Canals
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To make you holy and happy
June 18
"[God] allows temptation, and uses it providentially to purify you, to make you holy, to detach you more from the things of the earth, to lead you where He is and by the route He wants you to take, so as to make you happy (in a life which may not be comfortable)."
-S. Canals
Arm against temptation
June 17
"We are able to arm ourselves against temptation through constant mortification in our work; in the way we live charity; in guarding our external and internal senses; through prayer; by fleeing the occasions of sin; and by having our time fully occupied in the fulfillment of our obligations."
-Francis Fernandez
Be prepared
June 16
"If we were not prepared to meet the temptations that we are to undergo, we would open the door to a great enemy - discouragement and gloominess."
-Francis Fernandez
Serve the Lord
June 15
"My son, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials."
-Sirach 2:1
God's ways are not our ways
June 14
"Let us not lament if we suffer from some natural defect of body or mind: from poor memory, slowness of understanding, little ability, lameness or general bad health. Who knows? Perhaps if God had given us greater talent, better health, a more personable appearance, we might have lost our souls!"
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
Surrender all
Our self-surrender
June 12
"Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender."
-St. Therese of Lisieux
Learn to deny yourself
June 11
"If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection."
-St. John of the Cross
Power to overcome difficulty
June 10
"The more we conquer ourselves the more He gives us of His grace; and if today we have had power to overcome one difficulty, tomorrow and the day after we shall be able to surmount others that are much greater and more distressing."
-St. Vincent de Paul
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