August 8
Feast of St. Dominic
“This preacher of the new salvation leaped up like a flame. His words burned like a torch. True teaching was in his mouth. No evil was ever found in his life.”
-From the Liturgy of the Hours for the Feast of St. Dominic
Tag Archives: Daily Gracelines
Be bold!
August 7
Feast of St. Cajetan (1480 – 1547)
“My daughter, I want what is good for myself; I beg the same for you. Now there is no other way to bring this about than to ask the Virgin Mary constantly to come to you with her glorious Son. Be bold! Ask her to give you her Son, who in the blessed sacrament of the altar is truly the food of your soul. Readily will she give him to you, still more readily will he come to you, giving you strength to make your way fearlessly through this dark wood. In it large numbers of our enemies lie in wait, but they cannot reach us if they see us relying on such powerful help.”
-St. Cajetan
He was transfigured before them
August 6
Feast of the Transfiguration
“And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them, and his garments became glistening, intensely white. And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of a cloud, ‘This is my beloved Son; listen to him.’”
-Mark 9: 2-3,7
The wonder of this miracle
August 5
Feast of the Dedication of Saint Mary Major
“Who can put Mary’s high honor into words? She is both mother and virgin. I am overwhelmed by the wonder of this miracle… Let us fear and worship the undivided Trinity as we sing the praise of the ever-virgin Mary, the holy temple of God, and of God Himself, her Son and spotless Bridegroom.”
-St. Cyril of Alexandria
Which sin do I confess most often?
August 4
Feast of St. John Vianney (1786 – 1859)
“The way to destroy bad habits is by watchfulness and by doing often those things that are opposites to one’s besetting sins.”
-St. John Vianney
I must never allow the world to evangelize me
August 3
“I must never allow the world to evangelize me, so that I forget God’s power and wisdom and look to worldly power and wisdom. Jesus gives us the Church, our guiding light on the journey… whose mission it s to urge us continually on the journey to God.”
-Sister Briege McKenna
Jesus Christ past, present, and future
August 2
Feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard (1811 – 1868)
“We must keep in mind that the Holy Eucharist, is Jesus Christ past, present, and future; that the Eucharist is the last development of the Incarnation and mortal life of our Savior, that in the Eucharist Jesus Christ gives us every grace; that all truths tend to and end in the Eucharist; and that there is nothing more to be added when we have said, ‘The Eucharist,’ since it is Jesus Christ.”
-St. Peter Julian Eymard
Fit for paradise
August 1
Feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696 – 1787)
“Contradictions, sickness, scruples, spiritual aridity, and all the inner and outward torments are the chisel with which God carves His statues for paradise.”
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
I surrender to your divine will
July 31
Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491 – 1556)
“Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my whole will. You have given me all that I have, all I am, and I surrender to your divine will. Give me only your love and your grace. With this I am rich enough, and I have no more to ask.”
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
Faith stands firm
July 30
Feast of Saint Peter Chrysologus
“There are three things through which faith stands firm, devotion abides and virtue endures: prayer, fasting, and mercy. Let no one cut these three apart – they are inseparable.”
-St. Peter Chrysologus
