February 23

"There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection."

-St. Gregory the Great

February 22

"To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often."

-St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

February 21

"Everything comes from love, all is ordained for the salvation of man, God does nothing without this goal in mind."

-St. Catherine of Siena

February 20

"The things that we love tell us what we are."

-St. Thomas Aquinas

February 19

"Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting."

-St. Teresa of Calcutta

February 18

"My director, Jesus, does not teach me to count my acts, but to do everything for love, to refuse Him nothing, to be pleased when He gives me a chance to prove to Him that I love Him - but all this in peace - in abandonment."

-St. Therese of Lisieux

February 17

"We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love."

-St. Vincent de Paul

February 16

“Pure love... knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love - love, and always love."

-Divine Mercy in My Soul, St. Faustina

February 15

“Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.”

-1 John 4:8

February 14

“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”

-St. Augustine