November 10
“Faith is a gift, but for very few is it a gift given without any demand for equal time devoted to its cultivation.”
– Flannery O’Connor
Tag Archives: Holy Souls
The fruit of the tree of life
November 9
On the Holy Eucharist: “[Jesus] could not have commanded anything more beneficial, for this sacrament is the fruit of the tree of life. Anyone who receives this sacrament with the devotion of sincere faith will never taste death.”
-St. Albert the Great
In silence
November 8
“Yes, in silence we can actually break the hold time has on us, and accept that our true home is not here on earth, but in eternity.”
-Sister Wendy Beckett
A temple for Himself
November 7
“When Christ came, he banished the devil from our hearts, in order to build in them a temple for himself. Let us therefore do what we can with his help, so that our evil deeds will not deface the temple.”
– St. Caesarius of Arles
The sources of peace
November 6
“We must keep near to the souls God puts in our way, and try to understand and love them. Here we have discovered, by God’s grace, the sources of peace and the means of possessing it fully.”
-Elizabeth Leseur
Untilled ground
November 5
“Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.”
-St. Teresa of Avila
His will
November 4
“Our God is God. All is as He pleases. I am the happiest creature in the thought that not the least thing can happen but by His will or permission; and all for the best.”
-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Led like a child
November 3
“My vocation is to let myself be led like a child, one day at a time.”
-Blessed Pierina Morosini
The Commemoration of All Souls
November 2
The Commemoration of All Souls
“We know our union with the brethren who have died in the grace and faith of Christ is not the least weakened or interrupted by their death. On the contrary it is strengthened by our conveying spiritual goods for their benefit.”
– Second Vatican Council Lumen Gentium, 49
Do you want to become a great saint?
November 1
“If God gives you an abundant harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires you to attain. Do you want to become a great saint? Ask God to send you many sufferings. The flame of Divine Love never rises higher than when fed with the wood of the Cross, which the infinite charity of the Savior used to finish His sacrifice. All the pleasures of the world are nothing compared with the sweetness found in the gall and vinegar offered to Jesus Christ. That is, hard and painful things endured for Jesus Christ and with Jesus Christ.”
-St. Ignatius of Loyola
