OCTOBER 11 – BLESSED ELIAS DEL SOCCORO, O.S.A.
“What a great thing charity is! The soul of the scriptures, the force of prophecy, the saving power of the sacraments, the fruit of faith, the wealth of the poor, the life of the dying. What could be more magnanimous than to die for the godless, what more kindly than to love one’s enemies?”
Sermon 350, 2-3
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OCTOBER 10 – SAINT THOMAS OF VILLANOVA, O.S.A.
“The entire life of a good Christian is a holy desire. What you desire, however, you don’t yet see. But by desiring you are made large enough, so that, when there comes what you should see, you may be filled.”
Commentary on 1 John 4
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OCTOBER 9 – BLESSED ANTHONY PATRIZI, O.S.A.
“We are already redeemed, so let us not fear enemies lurking by the wayside. He redeemed us to that no enemy may dare to ambush us – provided we do not step off the way. Christ himself has become our way.”
Exposition of Psalm 125
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OCTOBER 8 – SAINT JOHN LEONARDI
“If you get lost through loving yourself, then of course you get found through denying yourself.”
Sermon 96, 1-2
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OCTOBER 7 – POPE SAINT MARK
“My brothers and sisters, give your attention to the love that holy scripture praises so much that nothing equals it. When God admonishes us to love one another, is this all he teaches: that you should love the one who loves you? This mutual love does not satisfy God, for he wants us to attain to loving our enemies.”
Sermon 386, 1
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OCTOBER 6 – SAINT BRUNO
“You are all I possess, because You are my God. Shall I seek my father because of my inheritance? You, my God, are not only the giver of my inheritance, but the inheritance itself.”
Commentary on Psalm 142
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OCTOBER 5 – BLESSED FRANCIS SEELOS
“Since most people are somehow like the loves that drive them, and since their one concern in determining how they ought to live should only be to choose what they should love, why be surprised if those who love Christ and want to follow Christ should deny themselves in loving him?”
Sermon 96, 1-2
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OCTOBER 4 – SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
“You can find someone who’s religious, with plenty of this world’s goods, and yet not thereby puffed up and proud. And you can find someone in need, who has nothing, and won’t settle for anything. This one does not have more grounds for hope than the former; the first is poor in spirit, because humble, while this one is indeed poor, but not in spirit.”
Sermon 53A
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OCTOBER 3 – SAINT THEODORA GUÉRIN
“Blessed are the poor in spirit. What does poor in spirit mean? Being poor in wishes, not in means. One who is poor in spirit, you see, is humble; and God hears the groans of the humble and doesn’t despise their prayers.”
Sermon 53A
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OCTOBER 2 – THE GUARDIAN ANGELS
“Note the Psalmist’s words: ‘I sought the Lord and He answered me.’ Where did the Lord hear? Within. Where does He reply? Within. There you pray, there you are heard, and there you are made happy. Therefore, enter your heart. Happy are those who delight to enter their hearts and find no evil.”
Commentary on Psalm 33