The quotes from this Missal are shown in red on this page.
I'll be updating this page as I have time and when there is an entry for the day.
Season of Advent
First Sunday of Advent
In all things look to the end, and how thou wilt stand before the strict Judge, from Whom there is nothing hid; Who takes no bribes, and receives no excuses, but will judge that which is just.
Second Sunday of Advent
Oh, what great thanks I am bound to render unto Thee, for having vouchsafed to show me and all the faithful a right and good way to Thine everlasting kingdom!
Third Sunday of Advent
First keep thyself in peace, and then shalt thou be able to bring others to peace.
Ember Wednesday in Advent
He who knows best how to endure will possess the greater peace. -- Such a one is conqueror of himself and lord of the world, the friend of Christ and a heir of heaven.
Friday in Ember Week of Advent
I am miserable, and in a manner imprisoned, and weighed down with fetters, till with the light of Thy presence Thou comfortest me, givest me liberty, and showest me Thy friendly countenance.
Saturday in Ember Week of Advent
Come, oh come, for without Thee I can never have one joyful day nor hour; for Thou art my joy, and without Thee my table is empty.
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Christmastide
Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord
Christ will come to thee, and discover His consolation to thee, if thou wilt prepare for Him a fit dwelling within thee.
Give admittance, therefore, to Christ, and refuse entrance to all beside. -- When thou hast Christ, thou art rich, and He is sufficient for thee.
December 26th ~
In life and in death keep thyself near Jesus, and entrust thyself to His fidelity, who alone can help thee when all others fail.
December 27th ~
St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
Thou art my witness, O God, that no one thing can comfort me, nor anything created give me rest, but only Thou, my God, whom I desire to contemplate for eternity.
December 28th ~
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
Here thou hast no abiding city; and wherever thou shalt be, thou art a stranger and a pilgrim; nor wilt thou ever have rest, except thou be interiorly united with Christ.
http://www.episcopalnet.org/
Sunday Within the Octave of
The Nativity of Our Lord
See a Convenient time to attend to thyself; and reflect upon the benefits of God to thee.
See a Convenient time to attend to thyself; and reflect upon the benefits of God to thee.
December 29th ~
St. Thomas of Canterbury,
Bishop and Martyr
If thou knowest not how to meditate on high and heavenly things, rest in the Passion of Christ, and love to dwell within His sacred wounds.
If thou knowest not how to meditate on high and heavenly things, rest in the Passion of Christ, and love to dwell within His sacred wounds.
December 31st ~
St. Sylvester I,
Pope and Confessor
Make no great account of who may be for thee or against thee, but mind and take care that God be with thee in everything thou dost.
Make no great account of who may be for thee or against thee, but mind and take care that God be with thee in everything thou dost.
http://catholicseeking.blogspot.ca/
January 1st ~Feast of the Circumcision of Our LordAnd Octave Day of the Nativity
But what great matter is it, if thou art but dust and a mere nothing, submit thyself to man for God's sake, when I, the Almighty and Most High, who created all things out of nothing, have for thy sake humbly subjected Myself to man?
Also -
When thou hast Christ, thou art rich, and He is sufficient for thee. He will provide for thee, and be thy faithful procurator in all things: so that thou needest not to trust in men.
Son, thou oughtest not be turned back, nor presently be cast down, when thou hearest what is the way of the perfect: but be drawn the more onwards towards its lofty heights, or at least aspire ardently for their attainment.
Grant, O Lord, that, animated byThy Spirit, living in and by Thee, and, as it were, clothed with Thy justice, I may become more Thine than my own. Mayest Thou live in me: and may I, by a happy transmutation, yielding myself entirely to Thee, act only from the influences of Thy love. Amen.
I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest become rich -- that is heavenly wisdom, which treadeth under foot all things below.
Season After Epiphany
Second Sunday After the Epiphany
I am in Thy hand; turn me hither and thither as Thou choosest. Low, I am Thy servant, ready for all things; for I do not desire to love for myself, but for Thee: o that I could do so in a worthy and perfect manner!
Third Sunday After the Epiphany
Confiding, O Lord, in Thy goodness, and in Thy great mercy, I come sick to my Saviour, hungry and thirsty to the Fountain of life, needy to the King of heaven, a servant to my Lord, a creature to my Creator, and one in desolation to my loving Comforter.
Fourth Sunday After the Epiphany
Septuagesima Sunday
Sexagesima Sunday
Quinquagesima Sunday
Season of Lent
Ash Wednesday
Happy is the man that can cast away all hindrance of distraction, and recollect himself in the unity of holy compunction! Happy the man who casteth away from him whatever may stain or burden his conscience!
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
There is no man in the world without some trouble or affliction, be he King or Pope. Who, then, is best off? Truly he that is able to suffer something for the love of God.
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Without charity, the outward work profiteth nothing; but whatever is done out of charity, be it ever so little and contemptible, it is all made fruitful; in as much as God regardeth more out of how much love a man doth a work, than how much he doth.
Saturday after Ash Wednesday
He that hath true and perfect charity, seeketh himself in nothing, but only desireth God to be glorified in all things.
First Sunday in Lent
When a man of good will is troubled, tempted, or afflicted with evil thoughts, then he best understandeth what need he hath of God, and that without Him he is incapable of any good.
Monday of the First Week in Lent
Truly, when the day of judgement cometh, it will not be asked of us what we have read, but what we have done; not what fine discourses we have made, but how like religious we have lived.
This makes me think of Matthew 25:31-46. It also leaves me shaking in my boots.
Tuesday of the First Week in Lent
If I knew all things that are in the world, and were not in charity, what would it profit me in the sight of God, Who will judge according to deeds?
http://scotkinnaman.com/tag/lent/
The Lenten Ember Days comprise the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of the week following the first Sunday in Lent.scotkinnaman.com
Wednesday of Ember Week in Lent
The whole hindrance and a very great one it is, that we are not free from passions and lusts, and strive not to walk in the perfect ways of the Saints.
Thursday of the First Week in Lent
Come, sayest thou to me, all you that labour and are burdened, and I will refresh you. O sweet and loving word in the ear of a sinner, that Thou, o Lord my God, dost invite the poor and needy to the Communion of Thy most holy Body!
Friday of Ember Week in Lent
Oh, if thou didst consider what peace thou wouldst procure for thyself, and what joy for others, by well-doing, I think thou wouldst be more solicitous for thy spiritual progress.
Saturday of Ember Week in Lent
He who best knows how to endure will possess the greater peace. Such a one is conqueror of himself and lord of the world, the friend of Christ and an heir of heaven.
Second Sunday in Lent
Happy are they who penetrate into eternal things, and endeavour to prepare themselves more and more by daily exercises for the receiving of heavenly secrets.
Monday of the Second Week in Lent
Why dost not thou provide thee against the day of judgement, when no man can be excused or defended by another, but each one will have enough to do to answer for himself? Now thy labour is profitable, thy tears are acceptable, thy groans are heard, thy sorrow is satisfying and purifieth the soul.
Tuesday of the Second Week in Lent
All, therefore, is vanity, except to love God and to serve Him. For he that loveth God with his whole heart, feareth neither death, nor punishment, nor judgement, nor hell; for perfect love giveth secure access to God.
Wednesday of the Second Week in Lent
O Fountain of everlasting love, what shall I say of Thee? How can I ever forget Thee, who has vouchsafed to remember me even after I was corrupted and lost?
Thursday of the Second Week in Lent
Oh, how supremely necessary for me, O Lord, is Thy grace, to begin that which is good to go forward with, and accomplish it. For without it I can do nothing; but I can do all things in Thee, when grace strengtheneth me.
Friday of the Second Week in Lent
If thou standest well with God, and regardest His judgement, thou wilt more easily bear to be overcome.
Saturday of the Second Week in Lent
Thou knowest thy servent, and dost know that he has nothing good in himself, that Thous shouldst bestow this favour upon him. I confess, therfore, my unworthyness; I ackowledge Thy bounty; I praise Thy goodness; and I give Thee thanks for Thine exceeding love.
Third Sunday in Lent
It is a great honour, a great glory, to serve Thee, and to dispise all things for Thee. For those who willingly subject themselves to Thy most holy service shall have great grace.
Monday of the Third Week in Lent
My son, thou must give all for all, and be nothing of thine own. Know that the love of thyself is more hurtfull to thee than anything of the world.
Passiontide
"Before the revision of the liturgical calendar ... Passiontide was the period of Lent that commemorates the increasing revelation of Christ's divinity (see John 8:46-59) and His movement toward Jerusalem. Holy Week was the second week of Passiontide, which began with the Fifth Sunday in Lent, which was known as Passion Sunday. (The Fifth Week of Lent was likewise known as Passion Week.) Thus Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday were (unlike today) separate celebrations."
Passion Sunday
O Lord, blessed be Thy word; it is sweeter to my mouth than honey and the honeycomb. What should I do in my great tribulation and necessities, didst thou not strengthen me with Thy holy words?
Monday in Passion Week
Jesus hath now many lovers of His heavenly kingdom, but few bearers of His cross. He has many that are desirous of consolation, but few of tribulation.
Tuesday in Passion Week
Why, then, art thou afraid to take up thy cross, which leadeth to the kingdom? In the cross is salvation; in the cross is life; in the cross is protection from enemies.
Wednesday in Passion Week
Take up, therefore, thy cross and follow Jesus, and thou shalt go into life everlasting. He is gone before thee, carrying His cross, and He died for thee upon the cross, that thou also mayst bear thy cross, and love to die on the cross.
Thursday in Passion Week
If thou carry the cross willingly, it will carry thee and bring thee to thy desired end, namely, to that place where there will be an end to suffering, though there will be no end.
Friday in Passion Week
Set thyself, then, like a good and faithful servant of Christ, to bear manfully the cross of thy Lord, for the love of Him who was crucified for thee.
The Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Bl. V. Mary
Christ also was despised by men in the world, and in His greatest need He was, by His aquantances and His friends, forsaken amidst insults. Christ was willing to suffer and to be despised, and darest thou complain of aught? Christ had enemies and detractors, and wouldst thou have all to be thy friends and benefactors?
Saturday in Passion Week
Yet such a one, thus many ways afflicted, is not without some relief of consolation; because he is sensible of the very great profit he reaps by bearing the cross.
Holy Week
Second Sunday of Passiontide
(Palm Sunday)
This Missal has no "Daily Thought" for Palm Sunday.
I will instead share the Antiphon for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass:
Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord! O King of Israel: Hosanna in the highest!
Easter Time or Paschal Time
Easter Sunday
http://olqas.org/
Christ is risen! Alleluia!
He is risen indeed! Alleluia!!
I am the Lover of purity and the Giver of all sanctity. -- I seek a pure heart, and there is the place of My rest. -- Make ready for Me a large upper room furnished, and I will eat the Pasch with thee, together with My disciples.
Easter Monday
Ah, Lord God, when shall I be wholly united to and absorbed in Thee, and altogether unmindful of myself? Verily, Thou art my Beloved, the choicest among thousands, in whom my soul is well pleased to dwell all the days of its life.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/562457440932982209/
Easter Tuesday
Thou, O Lord, who canst do all things, and always loveth the profit of the soul, increase in me a greater grace, that I may fulfill this Thy word and accomplish my salvation.
Easter Wednesday
Enlighten me, O good Jesus, with the brightness of eternal light, and draw off all darkness from the dwelling of my heart. Restrain my many wandering thoughts, and destroy the temptations that violently assault me.
http://blog.littleflower.org/st-therese-daily-devotional/enlighten/
Easter Thursday
Have mercy, O Lord, have mercy on those that crave Thy mercy; give peace to the needy; and grant us so to live that we may be worthy to enjoy Thy grace, and that we may attain to life everlasting.
Easter Friday
In Thee, therefore, O Lord God, do I place all my hope and refuge; on Thee I cast all my tribulation and anguish; for I find all to be weak and inconsistent whatever I behold out of Thee.
Saturday in Easter Week
O most sweet and most benign Jesus, how great reverence and thanksgiving, with perpetual praise, are due to Thee for the receiving of Thy sacred Body, whose dignity no man can be found able to unfold!
http://www.catholicbible101.com/theeucharist.htm
Vigil of the Ascension
(Wednesday of Rogation Days)
What shall I render to the Lord for this grace, for charity so remarkable? There is not anything I can present to Him more acceptable than to give up my heart entirely to God, and closely unite it to Him.
Image from: http://www.thomryng.com/
For divine charity overcometh all, and enlargeth all the powers of the soul. If thou art truly wise thou wilt rejoice in Me alone, thou wilt hope in me alone; for none is good but God alone, Who is to be praised above all and blessed in all.
Give me, instead of all worldy consolation, the most sweet unction of Thy Spirit; and instead of carnal love, infuse into me the love of Thy Name.

Blessed is he that understandeth what it is to love Jesus, and to despise himself for the sake of Jesus. We must leave what is beloved for the sake of the Beloved; for Jesus will be loved alone above all things.
The Time after Pentecost
Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
(First Sunday after Pentecost)
"The judgements of the Lord are true, justified in themselves." My judgements are to be feared, not to be discussed, because they are incomprehensible to human understanding.
Second Sunday After Pentecost
For if this Most Holy Sacrament were celebrated in one place only, and consecrated by only one priest in the world, with how great a desire, thinkest thou, would men be affected toward that place, and to such a priest of God, that they might see the divine mysteries celebrated?
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Grant, O Lord, my salvation, that by the frequenting of this Thy mystery the affection of my devotion may increase.
Lord, what Thou sayist it true. Greater is Thy care for me than all the care I can take of myself. For at too great a hazard doth he stand who casteth not his whole care on Thee.
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"The Proper of the Saints"
(Saint feast days)
November 29
St. Saturninus,
Thou must be willing, for the love of God, to suffer all things -- namely, labours and sorrows, temptations, vexations, anxieties, necessities, infirmities, injuries, detractions, reprehensions, humiliations, confusions, corrections, and contempts. I will reward thee most abundantly; I will be with thee in all thy tribulations.
March 19
St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Confessor
They that follow Thee, by the contempt of worldly things and the mortification of the flesh, are found to be wise indeed; for they are translated from vanity to truth, from the flesh to the spirit.
April 23
St. George,
Martyr
If thou wilt have Me to come to thee and remain with thee, purge out the old leaven, and make clean the habitation of thy heart. Shut out the whole world and all the tumult of vices; sit as a sparrow solitary on the housetop, and think of thine excesses in the bitterness of thy soul.Get thee to (frequent) Confession and Mass!!
Before receiving the Sacrament of Confession we must retire to a quiet place and examine our consciences.
Also from this Missal:
Whoever you are, Christian reader, that designs to approach the Sacrament of Penance, remember that you are going to undertake a work on which the good performance of which, more than any other duty, your eternal welfare depends.
April 25
St. Mark, The Evangelist
He that walketh before Me in truth shall be secured from evil incursions, and the Truth shall deliver him from seducers, and from the detractions of the wicked.
The Epistle for the feast of St. Mark has a beautiful description of the evangelists. It is from Ezechiel 1, 10-14:
[10] And as for the likeness of their faces: there was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side of all the four: and the face of an ox, on the left side of all the four: and the face of an eagle over all the four. [11] And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward: two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their bodies: [12] And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went. [13] And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps. This was the vision running to and fro in the midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going forth from the fire. [14] And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning.
"And every one of them went straight forward: whither the impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned not when they went. ...their appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, ... And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of lightning."
They followed the leading of the Holy Spirit, they were burning with a holy fire, and they and their message ran and covered the earth, and the message is still traveling.
In Thee, therefore, O Lord God, do I place all my hope and refuge: on Thee I cast all my tribulation and anguish: for I find all to be weak and inconstant whatever I behold out of Thee.
http://adeaconswife.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/canisius2.jpgBehold, I come to Thee, O Lord, that, by Thy gift, it may be well with me, and that I may be delighted in Thy holy Banquet which Thou, O God, hast prepared in sweetness for the poor. Behold in Thee is all that I can or ought to desire; Thou art my salvation and redemption, my hope and my strength, my honour and my glory.
Many follow Jesus to the breaking of the bread, but few to the drinking of the chalice of His Passion. Many reverence His miracles, but few follow the ignominy of His cross.
Martyr
Blessed is that simplicity that leaveth the difficult paths of questionings, and goeth on the plain and sure path of God's commandments. It is faith and an upright life that are required of the; not the loftiness of intellect, nor the diving deep into the mysteries of God.
April 30
St. Catherine of Siena,
Virgin
An evil conscience is always fearful and unquiet; sweetly shalt thou rest if thy heart upbraid thee not. Never rejoice except when thou hast done well. The wicked never have true joy, nor feel interior peace: for "there is no peace to the wicked" saith the Lord.
May 1
They that follow thee, by the contempt of worldly things and the mortification of the flesh, are found to be wise indeed; for they are translated from vanity to truth, from the flesh to the spirit.
The more the flesh is brought down by affliction, the more the is the spirit strengthened by interior grace.
Thou art not more holy for being praised, nor the worse for being blamed. What thou art, that thou art; nor canst thou said to be greater than God seeth the to be.
"One famous tale tells of Boniface demolishing an iconic oak tree in the town of Geismar. The 'oak of Thor' (or 'Donar's Oak') was worshipped by the local community, but Boniface had it cut down (some say he was aided by a miraculous wind) and the wood used to build a church dedicated to St Peter. Boniface lived to tell the tale: the locals thus decided that Boniface's god was mightier than Thor, and many converted."
( I quoted this from https://www.christiantoday.com/article/the-medieval-martyr-who-took-on-thor-who-was-saint-boniface/109807.htm )
The new German Christians kept their tradition of using a tree to celebrate God Himself, and replaced the oak with an evergreen in honour of Christ's birth.
May 15
St. John Baptiste De La Salle
Confessor
The enemy, knowing the very great fruit and remedy contained in the Holy Communion, striveth by every method and occasion, as far as he is able, to withdraw and hinder faithful and devout persons from it.
May 16
St. Ubald,
Bishop, Confessor
Blessed is that simplicity that leaveth the difficult paths of questionings, and goeth on the plain and sure path of God's commandments. Many have lost devotion, wilst they would search into lofty matters.
The lover flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth; he is free and cannot be restrained. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all; because he resteth in one sovereign Good above all, from whom all good floweth and procedeth.
But if thou give thyself to fervor thou shalt find great peace ; and thou shalt feel thy labour light, through the grace of God, and for the love of virtue. The fervent and diligent man is ready for all things. It is harder labour to withstand our vices and passions than to toil at bodily labours.
In heaven I will give thee glory for the contumely thou hast suffered; a garment of praise for thy sorrow: and for having been seated here in the lowest place, the throne of My kingdom forever.
Son, commit thy cause to Me always: I will dispose of it well in due season. Await My appointment, and thence thou shalt experience success therefrom.
If thou hast a good conscience, thou wouldst not much fear death. If thou art not prepared today, how wilt thou be tomorrow? Tomorrow is an uncertain day; and how knowest thou if thou shalt have tomorrow?
November 23
"St. Clement I was a companion and disciple of St.s Peter and Paul, and the third successor of St. Peter. He was exiled by the emperor Trajen and cast into the sea. A.D. 100."
Thou art my witness, oh God, that no one thing can comfort me, nor anything created give me rest, but only Thou, my God, Whom I desire to contemplate for eternity.
St. John of the Cross,
Confessor, Doctor of the Church
"St. John of the Cross was the fellow worker of St. Teresa in the reforming of the order of Mount Carmel, and wrote valuable treatises on mystical theology. He died in A.D. 1591."
For they who now love to hear and follow the word of the cross shall not then fear the sentence of eternal condemnation.
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