July 26
Feast of St. Joachim and St. Ann, Parents of Mary
“Joachim and Ann, how blessed a couple! All creation is indebted to you. For at your hands the Creator was offered a gift excelling all other gifts: a chaste mother, who alone was worthy of Him."
-St. John Damascene
July 25
“Our soul ought to be a closed sanctuary where God alone acts.”
-St. Peter Julian Eymard
July 24
Feast of the Saint Sharbel of Makhluf (1828 – 1898)
"Father of truth,
Behold your Son who makes atoning
sacrifice to you.
Accept the offering:
He died for me that I might
have life."
-St. Sharbel
July 23
Feast of Saint Bridget of Sweden
“O Sweet Jesus! Pierce my heart
so that my tears of penitence and love
will be my bread day and night;
May I be converted entirely to Thee,
may my heart be Thy perpetual habitation,
may my conversion be pleasing to Thee,
and may the end of my life be so praiseworthy
that I may merit Heaven and there with Thy saints,
praise Thee forever.”
-St. Bridget of Sweden
July 22
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
"'The disciples went back home, but Mary wept and remained standing outside the tomb.' And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one to see him. For perseverance is essential to any good deed, as the voice of truth tells us. Whoever perseveres to the end will be saved.”
-St. Gregory the Great
July 21
Feast of Saint Lawrence of Brindini
“Preaching of the word of God is necessary for the spiritual life, just as the planting of seed is necessary for bodily life. Preaching, therefore, is a duty that is apostolic, angelic, Christian, divine.”
-St. Lawrence of Brindini
July 20
“Correct one another, not in anger, but in composure, as you read in the Gospel.”
-Anonymous
July 19
“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest things right and doing it all for love.”
-St. Therese of Lisieux
July 18
“Prayer is sowing; contemplation the reaping of the harvest, when the reaper is filled with wonder at the ineffable sight of the beautiful ears of corn, which have sprung before him from the little naked seeds that he sowed.”
-St. Isaak of Syria
July 17
“Always remember to love your neighbor; always prefer the one who tries your patience, who tests your virtue, because with her you can always merit: suffering is Love; the Law is Love.”
-St. Mary of Jesus Crucified
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