November 27
“The duty of the moment is what you should be doing at any given time, in whatever place God has put you. Your doing the duty of the moment, your living the nitty gritty, daily routine of ordinary life, can uncover the face of Christ in the marketplace...where you work or play or eat...or wherever.”
- Catherine Dougherty
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November 26
“Our Lord who saved the world through the Cross will only work for the good of souls through the Cross.”
- St. Madeleine Sophie Barat
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November 23
Feast of St. Columban, Abbot (D. 615)
“If man applies the virtues planted in his soul to the right purpose, he will be like God. The image we depict must not be that of one who is unlike God; for one who is harsh and irascible and proud would display the image of a despot. Let us not imprint on ourselves the image of a despot, but let Christ paint his image in us.”
-St. Columban
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November 22
Feast of St. Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr
“Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous!
Praise befits the upright.
Praise the Lord with the lyre,
Make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
Sing to him a new song,
Play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
-Psalm 33: 1-3
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November 22
Feast of the Presentation of Mary
“Mary is the heart of the Church. This is why all works of charity spring from her. It is well known that the heart has two movements: systole and diastole. Thus Mary is always performing these two movements: absorbing grace from her Most Holy Son, and pouring it forth on sinners.”
- St. Anthony Mary Claret
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November 20
“I have given everything to my Master: He will take care of me. The best thing for us is not what we consider best, but what the Lord wants for us.”
- St. Josephine Bakhita
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November 19
“Faith is a gift, but for very few is it a gift given without any demand for equal time devoted to its cultivation.”
- Flannery O’Connor
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November 16
Feast of St. Gertrude, Virgin (1256 - 1301)
“Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most precious blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home, and within my family. Amen.”
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November 15
Feast of St. Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor (1206 - 1280)
On the Holy Eucharist: “[Jesus] could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who receives this sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste death.”
-St. Albert the Great
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November 14
“Yes, in silence we can actually break the hold time has on us, and accept that our true home is not here on earth, but in eternity.”
-Sister Wendy Beckett
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