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JULY 25 – SAINT JAMES
“In this life there are two loves in conflict in every temptation: the love of this world and the love of God. Whichever one wins out draws the lover like gravity in its direction. It is not through feet or wings but by desire that we come to God.”
            Sermon 344, 1

JULY 24 – SAINT SHARBEL
“When there is no peace at home among those who live there, the house is disorderly and there is a natural desire to run outside. Well, if people are miserable going home, afraid to face their family’s wrangling, how much more miserable are those who are reluctant to face their own conscience, afraid of being overwhelmed by the strife arising from their sins.”
            On Psalm 33/2

JULY 23 – SAINT BRIDGET
“What at the present moment are the evils of humanity? Error and weakness. Either you don’t know what you should do or, if you do know, you discover that you are too weak to do it. Such confusion and weakness is the root of every evil thing that humans do.”
            Sermon 182, 6

JULY 22 – SAINT MARY MAGDALENE
“I longed for the chance to devote myself wholly to you, O God, but I was held back, bound not with the iron chains of some foreign abductor but by the bonds of my own iron will.”
            Confessions 8.5

JULY 21 – SAINT LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI
 “We were sick and could not move. And so, the physician came to the patient; the way was prepared for the wanderers. Let us be saved by him; let us walk through him.”
            Sermon on 1 John 10, 1

JULY 20 – SAINT COLUMBA
 “Essentially, what is the way through which we run? Christ said: ‘I am the Way.’ What is the homeland to which we are running? Christ said: ‘I am the Truth.’ You run through him, you run to him, and you rest in him.”
            Sermon on 1 John 10, 1

JULY 19 – SAINT MACRINA
 “Lord, we are your little flock; we belong to you. Spread your wings that we may take refuge under them. Be our glory, let us be loved for your sake, and let your word be feared in our midst.”
            Confessions 10, 36

JULY 18 – SAINT FREDERICK
 “O Lord, hear me and turn your face to me. See me and pity me and heal me. In your eyes I have become an enigma to myself, and that is my infirmity.”
            Confessions 10, 33

JULY 17 – BLESSED MADELINE ALBRICI, O.S.A.
 “Enter into your conscience and examine it. If your heart does not accuse you that you act out of vainglory, it is well to be without fear. Fear only to act for the purpose of being praised.”
            Sermon on 1 John 8, 9

JULY 16 – OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
 “The mother to whom His infancy was subject, He ruled with His power; and to her at whose breasts He nursed, He gave the nourishment of truth.”
            Sermon 184, 3