Let your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain; and God granted his request.
-1 Chronicles 4:10b
July 2
Keep close to the Catholic Church at all times for the Church alone can give you true peace. Since She alone possesses Jesus, the true Prince of Peace, in the Blessed Sacrament.
-Bl. Padre Pio
July 3
He will not be defeated. He who guards you never sleeps. The Lord will protect you from all dangers; He will guard your life. The Lord will guard you as you come and go, both now and forever.
-Psalm 121:3, 7-8
July 4
Kindness is the language of love.
-Anne Parker
July 5
Faith lit a candle
in the night
and set it for my soul
to see,
Hope whispered courage
to my heart
and shod my feet
and girded me;
but it was Love
that showed the way
that held my hand
and with me
MMC (Poor Clare Colletine)
July 6
The Holy Souls are eager for the payers of the faithful which can gain indulgences for them. Their intercession is powerful. Pray unceasingly, we must empty purgatory.
-Bl. Padre Pio
July 7
The cross gave peace to the world, and it must bring peace to our hearts.
-St. John Vianney
July 8
I believe that many trial or tribulation God will give us all the power we need to withstand it. But He does not give it in advance, lest we rely on ourselves alone. If we trust in Him, we can overcome all anxiety for the future.
-Dietrich Bonhoetter
July 9
Crosses are the banners of Christ and the signs of his triumph.
-William Durandus of Metz
July 10
Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured.
-Isiah 53:4
July 11
I will be glad and rejoice in your love; because you saw my suffering, you knew my trouble.
-Psalm 31:7
July 12
God gave burdens, but also shoulders.
-Yiddish Proverb
July 13
Think not, thou canst sigh a sigh
and thy maker is not by
Think not, thou canst weep a tear
and thy maker is not near
O! He gives to use this joy
That our grief He may destroy
Till our grief is fled and gone
He doth sit by us and moan.
-William Blake
July 14
Love him totally who gave himself totally for your love.
-St. Claire of Assisi
July 15
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
-Psalm 30:5
July 16
Joy is not in things...it is in us!
-Anonymous
July 17
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
-Sir Wilfred Grenfell
July 18
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
-Sophocles
July 19
Our deeds still travel with us from afar and what we have been makes us who we are.
-George Eliot
July 20
Joy is prayer
Joy is strength
Joy is love
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
-Mother Teresa
July 21
If you deliver one soul from purgatory, you can say with confidence, "Heaven is Mine."
-St. Leonard
July 22
This is what you were called to do, because Christ suffered for you and gave you an example to follow. So you should do as he did.
-1Peter 2:21
July 23
Lord, teach me to be generous
Teach me to serve you as you deserve,
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds
to toll and not seek for rest,
to labor and not to ask for reward,
Save that, of knowing
that I do your will.
-St Ignatius Loyola
July 24
I am a very little soul who can offer only little things to the Good God; yet it often happens that these sacrifices which give such peace to the heart, escape me, but that does not discourage me, I bear with having a little less peace and I try to be more watchful another time.
-St. Therese of Lisieux
July 25
The events of our lives, when we let God use them, become mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He has called us to. The truth is that our trials are a furnace forging us into gold.
-Barbara Johnson
July 26
Crucified inwardly and outwardly with Christ, you will live in this life with fullness and satisfaction of soul and possess your soul in patience.
-Luke 21:19
July 27
You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your strength.
-Deut 6:5
July 28
Reflect on your present blessings of which every many has many, not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
-Charles Dickens
July 29
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
-Anonymous
July 30
For I have learned in whatever state I am to be content.
-Phil 4:11
July 31No Act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
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.
July 2001 Quotes
