November 26

"The devil only tempts those souls that wish to abandon sin and those that are in a state of grace. The others belong to him; he has no need to tempt them."

-St. John Vianney

November 25

"Pay the greatest attention to this: that your heart be ever glowing with love. Boiling water does not attract flies, lukewarm water does. In the same way the devil with all his impure thoughts shuns and keeps his distance from the soul aglow with love for God..."

-Blessed Baptista Varano

November 24

"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

-Matthew 6:19-21

November 23

"Far from being like to those great souls who from their childhood practice all sorts of macerations, I made my mortification consist solely in the breaking of my will, restraining a hasty word, rendering little services to those around me without making anything of it, and a thousand other things of this kind.”

-Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

November 22

"Never must our wounded sensibilities make us indifferent or hardhearted...”

-Elisabeth Leseur

November 21

"Good example is the most efficacious apostolate; you must be lighted lanterns and shine like brilliant chandeliers among men. By your good example and your words, animate others to know and love God."

-St. Mary Joseph Rossello

November 20

"As the Lord was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Peter and Andrew casting their nets into the sea. And he said to them, 'Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.' Immediately they left their nets and followed him."

-Matthew 4: 18, 19-20

November 19

"I guess that is what dying must be like; to be finished and to be able to look back at the struggles of life, and know that God was your constant companion."

- Mother Angelica

November 18

"Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the ways of Thy only-begotten Son: That by His coming we may be able to serve Him with purified minds."

- Roman Missal

November 17

"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