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AUGUST 3 – SAINT LYDIA
 “Love God; whatever you love, it comes from him. Don’t let us love the creature to the neglect of the creator, but let us pay attention to the creature, and praise the creator. I can’t show you my God; I can show you what he made.”
            Sermon 261, 4

AUGUST 2 – BLESSED JOHN OF RIETI, O.S.A.
 “The visible things that are delightful, they’re beautiful, they’re good; seek the one who made them, he it is that is your hope. He it is that is now your hope, he it is that will later on be the reality you will possess; your hope while you believe, your possession when you see.”
            Sermon 313F, 3

AUGUST 1 – SAINT ALPHONSUS LIGUORI
 “Whatever points are made by God’s holy scriptures, this is their ultimate point, to help us purge that inner faculty of ours from that thing that prevents us from beholding God.”
            Sermon 88, 5

JULY 31 – SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
 “In walking in faith, let us do good. In our good works let love of God be free, love of neighbor considerate and kind. After all, we haven’t got anything we can do for God; but because there are plenty of things we can do for our neighbor, by helping the needy we shall deserve well of the divine abundance.”
            Sermon 91, 9
 

JULY 30 – SAINT PETER CHRYSOLOGUS
“The spirit of the person who actually hands something to a poor man experiences a kind of sympathy with common humanity and infirmity when the hand of the one who has is actually place in the hand of the one who is in need. Although the one is giving, the other is receiving; the one being attended to and the one attending are being joined in a real relationship.” 
Sermon 259, 5

JULY 29 – SAINT MARTHA
 “In Martha was to be found the image of things present, in Mary that of things to come. The kind Martha was leading, that’s where we are; the kind Mary was leading, that’s what we are hoping for; let us lead this one well, in order to have that one to the full.”
            Sermon 104, 4 

JULY 28 – SAINTS NAZARIUS AND CELSUS

 “You should know that you perform a double work of mercy if you give
something to the poor in such a way that you give it yourself. What’s
called for, you see, is not only the kindness of lavishing assistance, but
also the humility of lending a helping hand.”

            Sermon 259, 5

 

JULY 27 – SAINT NATALIE
 “Christ became the way by which you should come to him. I’m not telling you, ‘Look for the way’; the way itself has come to you; get up and walk. Walk on your behavior, not your feet.”
            Sermon 141, 4

JULY 26 – SAINTS JOACHIM AND ANN
 “Charity is the one thing that is not cast down by another’s good fortune, because it is not jealous. It is the one thing that its own good fortune does not puff up, because it is not conceited.”
            Sermon 350, 2

JULY 25 – SAINT JAMES
“In this life there are two loves in conflict in every temptation: the love of this world and the love of God. Whichever one wins out draws the lover like gravity in its direction. It is not through feet or wings but by desire that we come to God.”
            Sermon 344, 1