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MAY 31 – VISITATION OF MARY
“Let our beautiful God, the Word with God, come to us that we may gaze upon Him with the eyes of our minds. He was beautiful in the womb of the Virgin where in taking on our humanity, He nonetheless did not lose His divinity.”
On Psalm 44, 3

MAY 30 – SAINT FERNANDO
“It is a height out of proportion to our state to leave God to whom the soul should cling as its basis and to become in some way our own basis. This is what happens when the soul is too pleased with itself.”
City of God 14, 4

MAY 29 – SAINT MAXIMINIAN
“Lord, you perfected my love so that I might surmount the dark entanglements of this world. Direct my desire toward the heavenly home, so that I may be enriched with every good thing.”
On Psalm 17, 34

MAY 28 – SAINT EMILIO
“’Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.’ We speak from without; He builds from within. It is he who builds, counsels, inspires fear, opens your minds and directs them to faith.”
On Psalm 126, 1

MAY 27 – SAINT AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY
“Let me know you, my Father, let me know you as I too am known. Enter my soul, you who are its strength, and make it what you want, so that you may have and possess it without stain or wrinkle.”
Confessions 10, 1

MAY 26 – SAINT PHILIP NERI
“It was you, O Lord, who created the heavens and earth. They are beautiful because you are beautiful. They are good because you are good. They have come to be because you are.”
Confessions 11, 4

MAY 25 – SAINT BEDE THE VENERABLE
“Christ as God is the homeland where we are going, Christ as man is the way we must travel.”
Christian Doctrine 1, 15

MAY 24 – MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS
“Mary is holy; she is blessed. Yet the Church is better than the Virgin Mary. Why? Because Mary is a part of the Church, a holy member, an excellent member of the Body. If Mary is a part of the whole Body, it is clear that the Body is greater than its mother.”
Sermon 72A, 7

MAY 23 – SAINT DESIDERIO
“Take away envy, and what I have is yours too. The envious temper puts men apart; soundness of mind unites them.”
On Saint John 32, 8-9

MAY 22 – SAINT RITA OF CASCIA
“Don’t let the waves overwhelm you when your heart is upset by temptation. And yet because we are human, if the wind has driven us on and shaken our souls with passion, let us not despair; let us wake up Christ, and so sail on in a calm sea, and reach our home country.”
Sermon 63