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

August 19

Feast of St. John Eudes, Priest  (1601 – 1680)

“You are one with Jesus as the body is one with the head. You must, then, have one breath with him, one soul, one life, one will, one mind, one heart. And he must be your breath, heart, love, life, your all.”

-St. John Eudes

August 18

“When one is already leading an honest and regulated life, it is far more important, in order to become a true Christian, to change the within rather than the without.”

-Francois De Salignor Fenelon

August 17

“The distance between spirituality and social action is not as great as many believe. Scripture does not reveal a spiritual man or a secular man. It speaks only of a whole man – integrated by the salvation that Christ brings.”

-Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen

August 16

Feast of St. Stephen of Hungary, King (969-1038)

“Be strong lest prosperity lift you up too much or adversity cast you down. Be humble in this life, that God may raise you up in the next. Be chaste so that you may never voluntarily bring disgrace upon anyone.”

-St. Stephen of Hungary, King