Sayings of the Saints
“Behold this great Artisan of mercy. He converts our miseries into graces and the poison of our iniquities into salutary remedies for our souls. Tell me, I pray, what will He not do with the afflictions, the labours, the persecutions which assail us?”
~ St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales, pray for us.
“Behold this great Artisan of mercy. He converts our miseries into graces and the poison of our iniquities into salutary remedies for our souls. Tell me, I pray, what will He not do with the afflictions, the labours, the persecutions which assail us?”
~ St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales, pray for us.
St. Cyril was born in Alexandria about 375. As a Bishop and Doctor he became the glory of the Church in Egypt. He is renowned principally for his strenuous defense of the Divine Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary against the heresy of Nestorius, Bishop of Constantinople. He died in 444.
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February 9th ~ FEAST of ST. CYRIL of ALEXANDRIA, Bishop
Doctor of the Church
O GOD, Who didst make blessed Cyril, Thy Confessor and Bishop, the invincible champion of the Divine Maternity of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, grant, that by his intercession, we, who believe her to be truly the Mother of God, may be saved by her maternal intercession.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, February 9, St. Cyril
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950)
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February 9th ~ FEAST of ST. CYRIL of ALEXANDRIA, Bishop
Doctor of the Church
O GOD, Who didst make blessed Cyril, Thy Confessor and Bishop, the invincible champion of the Divine Maternity of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, grant, that by his intercession, we, who believe her to be truly the Mother of God, may be saved by her maternal intercession.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, February 9, St. Cyril
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950)
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St. Scholastica was the twin sister of St. Benedict. Embracing 5e rule of her brother, she founded the Order of Benedictine nuns. She died in 542.
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February 10th ~ FEAST of ST. SCHOLASTICA, Virgin
O GOD, Who to show us the way of innocence, didst cause the soul of Thy Blessed Virgin Scholastica to enter heaven in the form of a dove, grant us, by her merits and prayers, so to live innocently, that we may be worthy to attain eternal joys.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, February 10, St. Scholastica
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950)
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February 10th ~ FEAST of ST. SCHOLASTICA, Virgin
O GOD, Who to show us the way of innocence, didst cause the soul of Thy Blessed Virgin Scholastica to enter heaven in the form of a dove, grant us, by her merits and prayers, so to live innocently, that we may be worthy to attain eternal joys.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, February 10, St. Scholastica
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950)
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The Presence of God
1. The constant remembrance of God's presence is a means of perfection that Almighty God Himself prescribed to the Patriarch Abraham. But this practice must be followed gently and without effort or disturbance of mind. The God of love and peace wishes that all we do for Him should be done lovingly and peacefully.
~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795.
Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis.
Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.
1. The constant remembrance of God's presence is a means of perfection that Almighty God Himself prescribed to the Patriarch Abraham. But this practice must be followed gently and without effort or disturbance of mind. The God of love and peace wishes that all we do for Him should be done lovingly and peacefully.
~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795.
Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis.
Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.
Sayings of the Saints
“Humility, which Jesus Christ has so recommended by word and example, should have three conditions. It should convince us that we deserve to be blamed by men. It should make us rejoice when others see our faults and despise us. If God performs any good in us or through us, it should make us attribute it to the mercy of God and the merit of others.”
~ St. Vincent de Paul
St. Vincent de Paul, pray for us.
“Humility, which Jesus Christ has so recommended by word and example, should have three conditions. It should convince us that we deserve to be blamed by men. It should make us rejoice when others see our faults and despise us. If God performs any good in us or through us, it should make us attribute it to the mercy of God and the merit of others.”
~ St. Vincent de Paul
St. Vincent de Paul, pray for us.
Sayings of the Saints
“I see you with your vigorous heart which loves and wills powerfully. I like it, for what are those half-dead hearts good for? We must make a particular exercise once every week of willing to love the will of God more tenderly, more affectionately than anything in the world, and that, too, not only in bearable but in the most unbearable events.”
~ St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales, pray for us.
“I see you with your vigorous heart which loves and wills powerfully. I like it, for what are those half-dead hearts good for? We must make a particular exercise once every week of willing to love the will of God more tenderly, more affectionately than anything in the world, and that, too, not only in bearable but in the most unbearable events.”
~ St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales, pray for us.
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The first of the eighteen apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the humble Bernadette took place at Lourdes on February 11, 1858. On March 25, when Bernadette asked the Beautiful Lady her name, she replied: “I am the Immaculate Conception.” The devotion of people in all parts of the world to Our Lady of Lourdes, together with the countless miracles that have been wrought through her intercession, has caused one of the most marvelous spiritual regenerations in the history of the Church.
The first of the eighteen apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the humble Bernadette took place at Lourdes on February 11, 1858. On March 25, when Bernadette asked the Beautiful Lady her name, she replied: “I am the Immaculate Conception.” The devotion of people in all parts of the world to Our Lady of Lourdes, together with the countless miracles that have been wrought through her intercession, has caused one of the most marvelous spiritual regenerations in the history of the Church.
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February 11th ~ FEAST of the APPARITION of OUR LADY OF LOURDES
O GOD, Who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for Thy Son, we humbly beseech Thee, that, celebrating the Apparition of this same Blessed Virgin, we may obtain health of soul and body.
Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, February 11, The Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950)
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February 11th ~ FEAST of the APPARITION of OUR LADY OF LOURDES
O GOD, Who by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin, didst prepare a worthy dwelling place for Thy Son, we humbly beseech Thee, that, celebrating the Apparition of this same Blessed Virgin, we may obtain health of soul and body.
Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, February 11, The Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950)
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The Presence of God
2. Only in heaven shall we be able to think actually and uninterruptedly of God. In this world to do so is an impossibility, for we are at every moment distracted by our occupations, our necessities, our imagination. We but exhaust ourselves by futile efforts if we try to lead before the proper time an existence similar to that of the angels and saints.
~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795.
Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis.
Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.
2. Only in heaven shall we be able to think actually and uninterruptedly of God. In this world to do so is an impossibility, for we are at every moment distracted by our occupations, our necessities, our imagination. We but exhaust ourselves by futile efforts if we try to lead before the proper time an existence similar to that of the angels and saints.
~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795.
Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis.
Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.
In 1233 seven members of a Florentine Confraternity devoted to the Holy Mother of God founded the Order of Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Servites adopted the Augustinian Rule and led an austere life meditating constantly on the Passion of our Lord and venerating the Blessed Virgin as Our Lady of Sirrows..
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February 12th ~ FEAST of THE SEVEN HOLY FOUNDERS of the SERVITES, Confessors
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, to honor the memory of the sorrows of Thy most holy Mother, didst through seven Blessed Fathers enrich Thy Church with a new family, the Servites, mercifully grant, that we may be so linked in fellowship with them in their tears, as to share also in their joys.
Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, February 12, The Seven Holy Founders
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950)
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February 12th ~ FEAST of THE SEVEN HOLY FOUNDERS of the SERVITES, Confessors
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who, to honor the memory of the sorrows of Thy most holy Mother, didst through seven Blessed Fathers enrich Thy Church with a new family, the Servites, mercifully grant, that we may be so linked in fellowship with them in their tears, as to share also in their joys.
Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Collect, February 12, The Seven Holy Founders
~ St. Joseph Daily Missal (1950)
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The Presence of God
3. Frequently the fear comes to you that you have failed to keep yourself in the presence of God, because you have not thought of Him. This is a mistaken idea.. You can, without this definite thought, perform all your actions for love of God and in His presence, by virtue of the intention you had in beginning them.
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3. Frequently the fear comes to you that you have failed to keep yourself in the presence of God, because you have not thought of Him. This is a mistaken idea.. You can, without this definite thought, perform all your actions for love of God and in His presence, by virtue of the intention you had in beginning them.
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Now, to act is better than to think. Though the doctor may not have the invalid in mind while he is preparing the medicine that is to restore him to health, nevertheless it is for him he is working, and he is more useful to his patient in this way than if he contented himself with merely thinking of him. In like manner when you fulfill your domestic or social duties, when you eat or walk, devote yourself to study or to manual labor, though it be without definitely thinking of God, you are acting for Him, and this ought to suffice to set your mind at rest in regard to the merit of your actions. Saint Paul does not say that we must eat, drink and labor with an actual remembrance of God's presence, but with the habitual intention of glorifying Him and doing His holy will. We fulfill this condition by making an offering each morning to God of all the actions of the day and renewing the act interiorly whenever we can remember to do so.
~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795.
Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis.
Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.
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Now, to act is better than to think. Though the doctor may not have the invalid in mind while he is preparing the medicine that is to restore him to health, nevertheless it is for him he is working, and he is more useful to his patient in this way than if he contented himself with merely thinking of him. In like manner when you fulfill your domestic or social duties, when you eat or walk, devote yourself to study or to manual labor, though it be without definitely thinking of God, you are acting for Him, and this ought to suffice to set your mind at rest in regard to the merit of your actions. Saint Paul does not say that we must eat, drink and labor with an actual remembrance of God's presence, but with the habitual intention of glorifying Him and doing His holy will. We fulfill this condition by making an offering each morning to God of all the actions of the day and renewing the act interiorly whenever we can remember to do so.
~ Light and Peace, R.P. Quadrupani, Barnabite (1904), written in 1795.
Sedes Sapientiæ, ora pro nobis.
Seat of Wisdom, pray for us.