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April 12

"When we really love, we rejoice in the happiness of the loved one and make every sacrifice to procure it for him."

--St. Therese of Lisieux, Story of a Soul

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April 11

St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr (1030-1097)

“The blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians.”

 --A maxim of Tertullian

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April 10

“The great truth that God is all, and the rest nothing, becomes the life of the soul, and upon it one can lean securely amid the incomprehensible mysteries of this world.”

 --Traditionally attributed to Bl. Marie-Therese De Soubiran

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April 9

“Love has a hem to her garment

That reaches the very dust.

It sweeps the stains

From the streets and lanes,

And because it can, it must.”

 --Anonymous poem,

beloved by St. Teresa of Calcutta,

describing St. Fabiola

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April 8

“Of all the movements, sensations and feelings of the soul, love is the only one in which the creature can respond to the Creator and make some sort of similar return however unequal though it be.”

 --From a sermon of St. Bernard

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April 7

St. Jean-Baptiste De La Salle (1651-1719)

“Adapt yourself with gracious and charitable compliance to all your neighbor’s weaknesses. In particular, make a rule to hide your feelings in many inconsequential matters.”

 --St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle to his Christian Brothers

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April 6

“However severe God’s guidance may seem to us at times, it’s always the guidance of a Father who is infinitely good, wise, and kind.” 

--Traditionally attributed to St. Julie Billiart

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April 5

St. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419)

“You must open the interior eyes of your soul on this light, on this heaven within you, a vast horizon stretching far beyond the realm of human activity.”

 --From a letter of St. Vincent Ferrer

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April 4

“None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself.”

--Romans 14:7

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A few days ago a member of my high school graduating class passed away.  Bonnie had always been the type of person who was on the periphery of events, parties, dances, and all of the social things that make up a high school experience.  In many ways, she was challenged – not intellectually but in other ways that can make teenage years tough. Her last days sound as if they were as challenging as those earlier days.  And she left the world seemingly bereft of the parents whom she buried and any close personal friends.  Fortunately, another classmate was made aware of her death through a professional acquaintance.  He notified the rest of us.

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