"What toil we must endure, what fatigue, while we are attempting to climb hills and the summits of mountains! What, that we may ascend to heaven! If you consider the promised reward, what you endure is less. Immortality is given to the one who perseveres; everlasting life is offered; the Lord promises His Kingdom." - St. Cyprian of Carthage
August 10
Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
“I tell you again and again, my brethren, that in the Lord’s garden are to be found not only the roses of His martyrs. In it there are also the lilies of the virgins, the ivy of wedded couples, and the violets of widows.”
-St. Augustine on the Feast of St. Lawrence
July 7
“To suffer need is something that can happen to anybody, but knowing how to endure it belongs to great souls.”
-St. Augustine
