You will become a saint by complying exactly with your daily duties.
-St. Mary Joseph Rossello
July 2
All devotion which leads to sloth is false. We must love work.
-St. Rita
July 3
It is impossible to win the crown without mastering the flesh.
-Pope St. Gregory the Great
July 4
Charity is the form, mover, mother, and root of all the virtues.
-St. Thomas Aquinas
July 5
The power of prayer is really tremendous.
-St. Therese of Lisieux
July 6
Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.
-St. John Chrysostom
July 7
What does the Lord require? Do justice, love goodness, and walk humbly with your God.
-Michah 6:8
July 8
Evangelize always. When necessary, use words.
-St Francis of Assisi
July 9
Let each one remember that he will progress in all spiritual things only insofar as he rids himself of self-love, self-will, and self-
July 10
May your behavior and your conversation be such that everyone who sees or hears you say: This man reads the life of Jesus Christ.
-Bl. Josemaria Escriva
July 11
If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first of all with your heart. Ask him simply to fill you with charity, the greatest of all virtues; with it you can accomplish what you desire.
-St. Vincent Ferrar
July 12
Entrust yourself entirely to God. He is a father and a most loving father at that, who would rather let Heaven and Earth collapse than abandon anyone who trusted in Him.
-St. Paul of the Cross
July 13
It is our part to seek,
His to grant what we ask;
Ours to make a beginning,
His to bring it to completion;
Our to offer what we can,
His to finish what we cannot.
-St. Jerome
July 14
What will the day of the Lord mean to you?
-Amos 5:18
July 15
Hate evil and love good, and let justice prevail at the gate.
-Amos 5:15
July 16
What a day shall that be when Mary, the Lord's Mother, shall come to meet you.
-St. Jerome
July 17
Though the mountains leave their place and the hills be shaken, My love shall never leave you nor my covenant of peace be shaken, says the Lord, who has mercy on you.
-Isaiah 54:10
July 18
They whom we love and lose are no longer where they were before. They are now wherever we are.
-St. John Chrysostom
July 19
Go forth in peace.
Be still within yourself and know
that the trail is beautiful.
May the winds be gentle upon your face
and your direction be straight and true
as the flight of the eagle.
Walk in beauty and harmony
with God and all people.
-A Navaho Blessing
July 20
Love others as
God loves you
Remember
Works of love
are
Works of Peace
-Mother Teresa
July 21
Let us love our neighbors as ourselves.
-St. Francis of Assisi
July 22
"Men, what must I do to be saved?" Their answer was, "Believe in the Lord, Jesus, and you will be saved and your household."
-Acts 16:30-31
July 23
God doesn't require us to succeed. He only requires that you try.
-Mother Teresa
July 24
To suffer or to die.
-St. Teresa of Avila
July 25
When your days are done, you will be examined on love. Therefore, learn to love God the way God wants to be loved and let yourself be loved.
-St John of the Cross
July 26
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
for the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise'
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood faith,
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints!-I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!-and if God choose
I shall but love thee better after death.
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
July 27
And so there is no division in the body, but all its different parts have the same concern for one another. If one part suffers, all the other parts suffer with it.
-1 Corinthians 13:25-26
July 28
Like living flames their faces seemed to glow.
Their wings were gold. And all their bodies shone
more dazzling white than any earthly show.
-Dante
July 29
We even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us.
-Romans 5:3-5
July 30
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.
-Samuel Butler
July 31
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God and, trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house. I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you...I will come back and take you with me so that you may be where I am going.
