August 29
Feast of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist
“His persecutors had demanded not that he should deny Christ, but only that he should keep silent about the truth. But to endure temporal agonies for the sake of the truth was not a heavy burden for such men as John; rather it was easily borne and even desirable, for he knew eternal joy would be his reward.”
-St. Bede the Venerable about St. John the Baptist
August 28
Feast of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor (354 – 430)
“You have created us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless till they rest in you.”
-St. Augustine
August 27
Feast of St. Monica (331 – 387)
“One thing only I ask you, that you remember me at the altar of the Lord wherever you may be.”
-St. Monica
August 26
“Nothing half-hearted for me–
I will follow Christ with all my heart and soul.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux
August 25
Feast of St. Joseph Calasanz, Priest (1557 – 1648)
“Like the twigs of plants the young are easily influenced, as long as someone works to change their souls.”
-St. Joseph Calasanz
August 24
Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle
“The Apostles were the nucleus of the Church, the new Israel, the first visible manifestations of Christ’s Mystical Body.”
-Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
August 23
Feast of St. Rose of Lima (1586 – 1617)
“Let all men know that grace comes after tribulation. Let them know that the gifts of grace increase as the struggles increase. This is the only true stairway to paradise, and without the cross they can find no roads to climb to heaven.”
-St. Rose of Lima
August 22
“We must forgive the society from which we come; we must forgive the ways it has hurt us. We must have forgiveness for all the pain that we have unknowingly experienced, even in the womb before our birth. We must forgive those who may not have understood us, or have seemingly neglected us, or perhaps even rejected us.”
-Catherine Doherty
August 21
Feast of St. Pius X (1835 – 1914)
“My advice is that you receive Holy Communion frequently – if you cannot do so daily – and unite yourself to the Savior. Make frequent visits to Him in the solitude and silence of His tabernacle.”
-St. Pius X
August 20
St. Bernard, Abbot and Doctor
“For when God loves, all he desires is to be loved in return; the sole purpose of his love is to be loved in the knowledge that those who love him are made happy by their love of him.”
-St. Bernard
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