August 23
Feast of St. Rose of Lima, Virgin (1586 – 1617)
"Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven."
-St. Rose of Lima
August 23
Feast of St. Rose of Lima, Virgin (1586 – 1617)
"Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven."
-St. Rose of Lima
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSClaiming to want to stamp out hate in the U.S. as displayed in the Neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Apple, Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook announced plans to donate $1 million to the pro-abortion Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the same organization whose misguided “hate group” labels placed on innocent conservative groups have caused devastating consequences.
August 22
Feast of the Queenship of Mary
“Mary, Queen of Peace, is close to the women of our day because of her motherhood, her example of openness to others’ needs, and her witness of suffering.”
-St. Pope John Paul II
August 21
“Remember the Devil doesn’t sleep, but seeks our ruin in a thousand ways.”
-St. Angela Merici
August 20
“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.”
-St. Bernard
August 19
Feast of St. John Eudes (1601 – 1680)
"Let us therefore give ourselves to God with a great desire to begin to live thus, and beg Him to destroy in us the life of the world of sin, and to establish His life within us."
-St. John Eudes
August 18
Feast of St. Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641)
"Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to him. That is all the doing you have to worry about."
-St. Jane de Chantal
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