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AUGUST 22 – QUEENSHIP OF MARY
“The love of neighbor is the shortest and safest path for reaching the love of God, but it is a trying one because it includes all the works of mercy, benevolence and kindness.”
            On the Letter of John 10, 3
 

AUGUST 21 – SAINT PIUS X
 “If you were cold, withered, worried only about yourself, practically self-sufficient, thinking that you gain nothing by concerning yourself about other people’s sins and that the only thing that is important is to keep yourself upright before God, do you not get a mental picture of that servant who hid his talent and not want to have it bear fruit?”
            On the Gospel of John 10, 9

AUGUST 20 – SAINT BERNARD
 “Praise the Lord with all that you are yourselves, for not only your tongue and your voice should praise the Lord, but also your conscience, your life and your deeds… If we never stop living a good life, we praise the Lord unceasingly.”
            On the Psalms 148, 2
 

AUGUST 19 – SAINT EZECHIEL MORENO, O.A.R.
 “I have experienced, and I still experience every day, that not a single mystery or obscure word of Holy Scripture becomes clear for me, unless I meet with the two commandments (love of God and love of neighbor).”
            Letter 55, 21

AUGUST 18 – SAINT HELENA
 “There is nothing to distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil except unselfish love… If you do not have this one thing, nothing else is worthwhile. If you lack all the rest, have this, and you have fulfilled the Law.”
            On the Letter of John 5, 7

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