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MARCH 12 – SAINT MAXIMILIAN
“When men see your works by your Spirit, it is you who see through their eyes. When they see that your works are good, it is you who see that they are good. When it is because of you that things please us, it is you who please us in them; and when it is by your Spirit that they please us, they please you in us.”
Confessions XIII, 31

MARCH 11 – SAINT CONSTANTINE
“The living soul takes its first beginnings from the earth, for only those who already have faith can profit by detaching themselves from earthly loves so that the soul which lived in death when it lived in luxury may live in you instead.”
Confessions XIII, 21

MARCH 10 – SAINT MACARIUS
“If Adam had not fallen away from you, the seed that flowed from him would not have been this bitter sea, the human race, forever chafing for knowledge in the profound depths of its ignorance, buffeted by the storms of its pride, and never at rest from its surge and swell.”
Confessions XIII, 20

MARCH 9 – SAINT FRANCES OF ROME
“All things are beautiful because you are their Maker; but you, who made them all, are more beautiful than they, far more so than words can tell.”
Confessions XIII, 20

MARCH 8 – SAINT JOHN OF GOD
“Who can understand the omnipotent Trinity? We all speak of it, though we may not speak of it as it truly is, for rarely does a soul know what it is saying when it speaks of the Trinity. Men wrangle and dispute about it, but it is a vision that is given to none unless they are at peace.”
Confessions XIII, 11

MARCH 7 – SAINTS PERPETUA AND FELICITY
“It is in your Gift that we find our rest, Lord. It is in him that we enjoy you. The place where we find rest is the rightful one for us. To it we are raised by love. To it your Spirit lifts us up, lowly creatures as we are, from the gate of death. It is in goodness of will that we find our peace.”
Confessions XIII, 9

MARCH 6 – SAINT MARZIANO
“Let there be in mild-mannered and humble spirits a compassionate ease in forgiving. Let the one who has done an injury ask pardon; let the one who has suffered an injury grant pardon; so that we may not be possessed by Satan, whose triumph is the discord of Christians.”
Sermon 210, 12

MARCH 5 – SAINT ADRIAN OF CESAREA
“Confession humbles us, humbled it justifies us, justified it lifts us up on high. Because if we are proud, God opposes us; if we are humble, God exalts us.”
Sermon 23A, 4

MARCH 4 – SAINT CASIMIR
“Just as we have eyes to see with and ears to hear with, and the other senses for various perceptions, so we have a tongue to talk with… With it we pray to God, with it we make amends, with it we utter praises, with it we sing with one voice in harmony to God, with it every day we show ourselves kind and considerate when we talk to others or give them advice.”
Sermon 16A, 2

MARCH 3 – SAINT MARINO
“You are all looking forward to greeting Christ seated in heaven. Attend to him lying under the arches, attend to him hungry, attend to him shivering with cold, attend to him needy, attend to him a foreigner. Do it, if it’s already your practice; do it, if it isn’t your practice.”
Sermon 25, 8