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AUGUST 17 – SAINT CLARE OF MONTEFALCO, O.S.A.
 “Unless humility precedes, accompanies and follows whatever good we do, unless it is a goal on which we keep our eye, a companion at our side, and a yoke upon our neck, we will find that we have done little good to rejoice in; pride will have robbed us of everything.”
            Letter 118, 22

AUGUST 16 – SAINT STEPHEN OF HUNGARY
 “Make progress, my brothers, examine yourselves honestly again and again. Put yourself to the test. Do not be content with what you are, if you want to become what you are not yet. For where you have grown pleased with yourself, there you will remain… Always add something more, keep moving forward, always make progress.”
            Sermon 169, 15,18

AUGUST 15 – THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY
 “No one more than myself would love the sure and tranquil quiet of contemplation. There is nothing better, nothing sweeter, than searching around in the divine treasury far from the noise of the world. It is such a sweet and good thing.”
            Sermon 339, 4
 

AUGUST 14 – SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE
 “Look at your Lord, look at your Head, look at the model of your life; contemplate your Redeemer: ‘Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass me by.’ In this way he shows his human will; but immediately he brings down his resistance to obedience: ‘However, not my will, but yours be done.’ In the same way ought you to obey the will of God.”
            Sermon 296, 8
 

AUGUST 13 – SAINTS PONTIAN AND HIPPLYTUS
“We may never reject the friendship of anyone who wishes to be our friend. Certainly, we are not obliged to accept everyone immediately in friendship, but it should be our wish to accept everybody as a friend. Our attitude towards others should be such that the possibility of taking them into our friendship remains open.”
            On Diverse Questions 83, 71
 

AUGUST 12 – SAINT JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL
 “We should make a nest in our hearts for the Word of God.”
            Sermon 343, 1

AUGUST 11 – SAINT CLARE OF ASSISI
 “Christ humbled himself. Christian, that is what you must make your own. Christ became obedient. How is it that you are proud? When this humbling experience was completed and death itself lay conquered, Christ ascended into heaven. Let us follow him there.”
            Sermon 304, 1-4 

AUGUST 10 – SAINT LAWRENCE
 “In the Lord’s garden are to be found not only the roses of his martyrs. In it there are also the lilies of the virgins, the ivy of wedded couples, and the violets of widows. On no account may any class of people despair, thinking that God has not called them. Christ suffered for all.”
            Sermon 304, 1-4
 

AUGUST 9 – SAINT TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS
“Though we labor among the many distractions of this world, we should have but one goal. For we are but travelers on a journey without as yet a fixed abode; we are on our way, not yet in our native land; we are in a state of longing, not yet of enjoyment. But let us continue on our way … so that we may ultimately arrive at our destination.”
            Sermon 103, 1

AUGUST 8 – SAINT DOMINIC
 “Recognize and love the one who made you, and he will fill you, not with something of his, but with himself. You will possess God. You will be full of God. That is the great wealth of the soul.”
            Sermon 107A, 3