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.
https://www.emorycatholic.org/
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!
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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
How long doth my Lord delay to come? Let Him come to me, His poor servant, and make me joyful. Let Him stretch forth His hand, and deliver me, wretched, from all anguish.
Christmastide
Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord
or Christmas Eve
Christ will come to thee, and discover His consolation to thee, if thou wilt prepare for Him a fit dwelling within thee.
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The Nativity of Our Lord
or Christmas Day
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 27th ~
St. John, Apostle and Evangelist
http://www.womenofgrace.com/
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/
December 28th ~
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
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.
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.
December 29th ~
St. Thomas of Canterbury,
Bishop and Martyr
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.
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.
http://catholicseeking.blogspot.ca/
January 1st ~Feast of the Circumcision of Our LordAnd Octave Day of the Nativity
January 1st ~
Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord
And 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?
Sunday After the Circumcision
(or January 2nd)
Also -
The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
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.
January 6th ~
The Epiphany of Our Lord
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.
Sunday after the Epiphany ~
FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY
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.
January 13th ~
Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ
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
Expect the Lord, do manfully and be of good heart; do not despond, do not fall off, but offer with constancy both soul and body for the glory of God. I will reward thee most abundantly; I will be with thee in all thy tribulations.
Fifth Sunday After the Epiphany
I stand in need of thy grace and great grace, in order to overcome nature, always prone to evil from its youth.
Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany
Many love Jesus as long as they meet with no adversity; many praise Him and bless Him as long as they receive some consolations from Him. But if Jesus hide himself, and leave them for a little while, they either murmer or fall into exessive dejection.
Septuagesima Sunday
If thou knowest only how to be silent and to endure, doubt not that thou shalt experience help from the Lord. He knoweth the time and the manner of thy deliverance; and, therefore, it is thy part to resign thyself into His hands. It belongs to God to help us and deliver us from all confusion.
Sexagesima Sunday
"He that followeth me walketh not in darkness," saith the Lord. These are the words of Christ, whereby we are admonished how we must imitate His life and conversation, if we would truly be enlightened and delivered from all blindness of heart. Let it, then, be our chief study to meditate on the life of Christ.
Quinquagesima Sunday
May it please Thee, O Lord, to deliver me; for poor wretch that I am! what can I do and whither shall I go without Thee? Give me patience, O Lord, even at this time. Help me, O my God, and I will not fear, how much soever I may be distressed.
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!
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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 acknowledge 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.
Tuesday of the Third Week in Lent
Study to be patient in bearing the defects of others, and their infirmities being what they may; for thou hast many things which others must bear withal. If thou canst make thyself what wouldst be , how canst thou expect to have another so exactly to thy mind?
Wednesday of the Third Week in Lent
Well mayest thou be ashamed when looking into the life of Jesus Christ, that thou hast not studied more to conform thyself in Him, long as thou hast been in the way of God.
Thursday of the Third Week in Lent
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.
Friday of the Third Week in Lent
Better is it for us to purge away our sins, and cut off our vices now, than to keep them for purgation hereafter. Truly we deceive ourselves, through the inordinate love we bear the flesh.
Saturday of the Third Week in Lent
It is by resisting the passions therefore, and not by serving them, that true peace of heart is to be found. Peace, therefore, is not in the heart of the carnal man, nor in the man who is devoted to outward things, but in the fervent and spiritual man.
Fourth Sunday in Lent
Behold, our King marcheth before us, who will fight for us. Let us follow Him manfully, let no one fear terrors; let us be ready to die valiantly in battle; nor let us bring disgrace upon our glory by flying from the cross.
Monday of the Fourth Week in Lent
Oh Lord, blessed be Thy word; it is sweeter to my mouth than honey and the honeycomb. What should I do in my so great tribulations and necessities, didst Thou not strengthen me with Thy holy words?
Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Lent
Humble contrition for sins is an acceptable sacrifice to Thee, oh Lord, of far sweeter odor in thy sight than the burning of frankincense.
Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Lent
Blessed be Thou, O my God; for though I am unworthy of all good, yet Thy generosity and and infinite goodness never cease to do good even to those who are ungrateful, and that are turned far away from Thee.
Thursday of the Fourth Week in Lent
Behold then, oh Lord, my abjection and frailty, every way known to Thee. Have pity on me, and draw me out of the mire, that I stick not fast therein, that I may not be utterly cast down forever.
Friday of the Fourth Week in Lent
Oh, when shall it be fully granted to me to be free, and to see how sweet Thou art, O Lord my God?
Saturday of the Fourth Week in Lent
I am miserable, and in a manner imprisoned, and weighed down with fetters, till with the light of Thy presence Thou comfortest me, givist me liberty, and showest me Thy friendly countenance.
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."
- http://catholicism.about.com/od/Catholic-Dictionary/g/Passiontide-Definition-Of-Passiontide.htm
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
(Friday in Passion Week)
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!
Monday in Holy Week
What is it thou sayeth my son? Cease to complain, and consider My Passion, and that of the other Saints. Thou hast not yet resisted unto blood.
Tuesday in Holy Week
Neither is it a great thing for a man to be devout and fervent while he feeleth no weight of adversity in time of trouble; but if he suffereth patiently there will be hope of great profit.
Wednesday in Holy Week
Behold. O beloved Father, I am in Thy hands; I bow myself down under the rod of thy correction. Make me a pious and humble disciple, as Thou in Thy goodness art want to do, that I may walk according to every indication of Thy will.
Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday
I will instead share the Gradual for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass:
(Phil. 2:8,9) Christ became obedient for us unto death, even to the death of the cross. For which cause God has also exalted Him and hath given Him a Name which is above all names.
Good Friday
This Missal has no "Daily Thought" for Good Friday.
I will instead share the Antiphon the Priest intones (three times) prior to the Adoration of the Cross:
Behold the wood of the Cross, on which is hung the Saviour of the world.
(The choir answers) Come let us adore.
Holy Saturday
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This Missal has no "Daily Thought" for Holy Saturday.
I will instead share the Collect for the the Solemn Mass of the Vigil:
O God, Who dost illuminate this most holy night by the glory of the Lord's Resurrection, preserve in the new children of Thy family the spirit of adoption which Thou hast given; that renewed in body and mind, they may render to Thee a pure service. 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.
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!
Octave Day of Easter - LOW SUNDAY
How dry and hard thou art without Jesus! How foolish and vain if thou desire anything out of Jesus! Is this not a greater loss to thee than if thou shouldst love the whole world?
Second Sunday After Easter
Son, thou canst not always continue in the more fervent desire of virtue, nor remain constantly in the higher degree of contemplation; but it must needs be that thou sometimes, by reason of original corruption, descend to low things, and bear the burden of this corruptible life, even against thy will and with weariness.
Third Sunday After Easter
Son, let not thy labours, which thou hast undertaken for My sake crush thee, neither let tribulations, from whatever source, cast thee down; but in every occurrence, let my promise strengthen and console thee.
Fourth Sunday After Easter
A man must have a great and long conflict within himself before he can learn fully to overcome himself, and to direct his whole affection towards God.
Fifth Sunday After Easter
Man's true progress consists of denying himself, and the man of self-denial is very much at liberty, and secure likewise.
(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.
The Ascension of Our Lord
(Ascension Thursday)
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.
Vigil of Whitsunday
Or Whitsun Eve
O Light perpetual! transcending all created lights, dart forth that light from above, which may penetrate all the secret recesses of my heart. Cleanse, cheer, enlighten, and enliven my spirit with its powers, that with joyful ecstasy it may cleave to Thee.
Pentecost or Whitsunday
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.
http://www.catholicculture.org/
Pentecost Monday
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.
Pentecost Tuesday
He that hath My commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me; and I will love him, and I will manifest Myself unto him, and I will make him sit with Me in the Kingdome of My Father.
Ember Wednesday
I have received, I have received from Thy hand, the cross; I will bear it, and bear it even unto death, as Thou hast laid it upon me.
Thursday in Pentecost Week
Write My words in thy heart, and think diligently on them; for they will be very neccessary in the time of temptation.
Ember Friday
O Lord, teach me to do Thy will; teach me to conserve worthily and humbly in Thy sight; for Thou art my wisdom; for Thou knowest me in the truth, and didst know me before the world was made, and before I was born in the world.
Ember Saturday
Fight like a good soldier, and if sometimes thou fall through frailty, resume greater courage than before, confiding in My more abundant grace. But take very great care against complacency and pride.
The Season after Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
(First Sunday after Pentecost)
(First Sunday after Pentecost)
http://ucatholic.com/tag/solemnity-of-the-most-holy-trinity/
"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.
https://jmusings.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/1111/
Feast of the Corpus Christi
(Thursday after Trinity Sunday)
(Thursday after Trinity Sunday)
Image courtesy of https://pixabay.com/photos/search/feast%20of%20the%20corpus%20christi/
This Missal has no "Daily Thought" for the Feast of Corpus Christi.
I will instead share the Collect for the Mass:
O God, who in a wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us the memorial of Thy Passion; grant, we beseaach Thee, that we may so venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood as to experience continually within ourselves the fruit of Thy Redemption. Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Second Sunday After Pentecost
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
http://www.epiphanyanglican.ca/#!pentecost-2013/cl86
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.
Third Sunday After Pentecost
I have often said to Thee, and I repeat it now again: Forsake thyself, resign thyself, and thou shalt enjoy a great inward peace. Give all for all, seek nothing, call for nothing back; stand purely and with full confidence before Me, and thou shalt possess Me.
Fourth Sunday After Pentecost
Ever keep in mind thy end, and that time lost returneth no more. Without care and diligence thou shalt never acquire virtues.
Fifth Sunday After Pentecost
Desire to be intimate only with God and His holy Angels, and shun the acquaintance of men. We should have charity towards all men; but intimacy is not expedient.
20th Sunday After Pentecost
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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Thoughts from
"The Proper of the Saints"
(Saint feast days)
"The Proper of the Saints"
(Saint feast days)
November 29
St. Saturninus,
Martyr
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.
http://romansacristan.blogspot.ca/
St. Andrew,
Apostle
Behold in the cross all doth consist, and all lieth in our dying: and there is no other way to life and to true interior peace, but the way of the holy cross, and of daily mortification.
March 12
St. Gregory I,
Pope, Confessor, Doctor of the Church
Think on thy sins with great displeasure and sorrow; and never esteem thyself to be anything on account of thy good works. Of a truth thou art a sinner, subject to, and entangled with many passions.
March 15
(For some places and congregations)
St. Louise de Marillac,
Widow
We ought rather to choose to have the whole world against us than to offend Jesus. Of all, therefore, that are dear to thee, let Jesus be thy special beloved. Let all be loved for Jesus' sake, but Jesus for His own sake.
March 17
St. Patrick,
Bishop and Confessor
St. Patrick,
Bishop and Confessor
Of two evils. thou shalt always choose the less. That thou mayest, therefore, escape the future eternal punishment, endeavor patiently to endure present evils for God's sake.
March 18
St. Cyril of Jerusalem,
Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church
St. Cyril of Jerusalem,
Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church
Although thou shouldst have all created goods, thou couldst not be happy and blessed; but in God, who created all things, consists all thy beatitude and happiness.
March 19
St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Confessor
March 21
St. Benedict,
Abbot
March 24
St. Gabriel,
Archangel
April 23
St. George,
Martyr
Before receiving the Sacrament of Confession we must retire to a quiet place and examine our consciences.
Also from this Missal:
April 25
St. Mark, The Evangelist
The Epistle for the feast of St. Mark has a beautiful description of the evangelists. It is from Ezechiel 1, 10-14:
"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.
http://adeaconswife.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/canisius2.jpg
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.
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From https://pixabay.com/photos/stained-glass-stained-glass-99438/
March 21
St. Benedict,
Abbot
Oh, when will this blessed and desirable moment come, that Thou mayest fill me with Thy presence, and become to me all in all? So long as this in not granted, my joy shall not be full.
St. Gabriel,
Archangel
Study, My son, to do rather the will of another than thine own. Ever choose rather to have less than more. Always seek the lowest place, and to be subject to everyone. Desire always and pray that the will of God may be entirely fulfilled in thee.
March 25
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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O Lord my God, my Creator and Redeemer, I desire to receive Thee this day with such affection, reverence, praise and honour, with such gratitude, worthiness, and love, with such faith, hope, and purity, as Thy most holy Mother, the glorious Virgin Mary, received and desired Thee, when to the angel announcing to her the mystery of the Incarnation, she humbly and devoutly answered: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word."
March 27
St. John Damascene,
Confessor, Doctor of the Church
St. John Damascene,
Confessor, Doctor of the Church
Know that the old enemy striveth by all means to hinder thy disire after good, and to draw thee from every devout exercize -- namely from the veneration of the Saints, from the pious rememberance of My Passion, from the profitable calling to mind of thy sins, from watchfullness over thine own heart, and from a firm purpose of advancing in virtue.
March 28
St. John Capistran,
Confessor
St. John Capistran,
Confessor
Son, I am the Lord, who giveth strength in the day of tribulation. Come to Me when it is not well with thee.
April 2
St. Francis of Paula,
Confessor
St. Francis of Paula,
Confessor
So much nearer doth man approach to God, as he withdraweth himself from all earthly consolations. So much the higher also doth he ascend to God, as he decendeth the lower into himself, and becometh the viler in his own estimation.
April 4
St. Isadore,
Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church
St. Isadore,
Bishop, Confessor, Doctor of the Church
Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller or better in heaven or in earth; for love in born of God, and cannot rest but in God, above all created things.
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.
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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.
April 26
St.s Cletus and Marcellinus,
Popes, Martyrs
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.
April 27
St. Peter Canisius
Confessor, Doctor of the Church
(Due to his preaching and writings he came to be known as 'the Hammer of Protestantism'.)
Behold, 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.
April 28
St. Paul of the Cross
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.
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April 29
St. Peter of Verona,
Martyr
April 30
St. Catherine of Siena,
Virgin
May 1
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.
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May 1
St. Joseph the Worker,
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.
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May 6
St. John before the Latin Gate
The more the flesh is brought down by affliction, the more the is the spirit strengthened by interior grace.
Our natural inclination is to flee from any discomfort of any kind, especially anything painful in any way.
But that is not the way to sainthood. We need to accept all that comes our way -- the summer's heat, the winter's cold, the loss of a loved one, illness, unemployment, and so on -- just as the Virgin Mary did when she accepted the fact that God wanted her to be the mother of His only begotten son in spite of the way it would change her life.
Accept the good and the bad as it all either comes from God or God allows it to come our way for the good of our immortal souls.
May 15
St. John Baptiste De La Salle
Confessor
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May 16
St. Ubald,
Bishop, Confessor
November 23
May 14
St. Boniface,
Martyr
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.
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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.
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May 27
St. Bede the Venerable,
Confessor, Doctor of the Church
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.
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August 14
The Vigil of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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.
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August 15
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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.
October 8
The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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.
October 9
St. John Leonardi,
Confessor
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,
Confessor, Doctor of the Church
"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."
"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.
November 24
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."
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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