January 25

“Be filled with the Spirit addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs… always and for everything giving thanks in the name of Jesus Christ to God the Father."

-Ephesians 5:18-20

January 24

“Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.”

-St. John Chrysostom

January 23

“Not all of us are expected to die a martyr’s death, but we are called to the pursuit of Christian virtue. This demands strength of character…a constant, persistent and relentless effort is being asked of us right up to the moment of our death.”

-Pope Pius XII

January 22

"Be kind to one another, compassionate, and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ. Be imitators of God as his dear children."

-Ephesians 4:32

January 21

"Take care, my brothers, lest any of you have an evil and unfaithful spirit and fall away from the living God. Encourage one another daily while it is still 'today,' so that no one grows hardened by the deceit of sin."

-Hebrews 3: 12-13

January 20

"Happy are you when you are insulted for the sake of Christ, for then God’s Spirit in its glory has come to rest on you."

-1 Peter 4:14

January 19

"Here I stand, knocking at the door. If anyone hears me calling and opens the door, I will enter his house and have supper with him, and he with me."

-Revelation 3:20

January 18

"Return, says the Lord,

I will not remain angry with you;

For I am merciful,

I will not continue my wrath forever."

-Jeremiah 3:12

January 17

"Know that the experience of pain is something so noble and precious that the Divine Word, who enjoyed the abundant riches of Paradise, yet, because He was not clothed with this ornament of sorrow, came down from Heaven to seek it upon the earth."

-St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi

January 16

"Disorder in society is the result of disorder in the family."

-St. Angela Merici