Category Archives: today

APRIL 7 – SAINT JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE
“Choose for yourselves the ones to imitate; those who fear God, who enter the church of God with reverence, who listen carefully to the word of God, commit it to memory, chew over it in their thoughts, carry it out in their actions; choose them for your imitation. And don’t let a little voice say to you, “And where are we to find such people?” Be such people yourselves, and you will find such people.”
Sermon 228, 2

APRIL 6 – SAINT VIRGINIA
“I beg you by what you have received to fix your eyes on the one who called you, who loved you, who went looking for you when you were lost, who enlightened you when you were found; and not to follow the ways of the los, for whom the name of “faithful” is just a mistake.”
Sermon 228, 2

APRIL 5 – SAINT VINCENT FERRER
“Wherever the burning brand is turned, the flame knows no other road, but to seek the sky. Fervent in spirit, set yourselves alight with the fire of charity; get yourselves white-hot with the praises of God and the excellence of your morals. One person’s warm, another cold; let the warm person kindle the cold; and let the one who is lacking in ardor desire an increase, pray for assistance. The Lord is always ready to give; let us choose to receive with open, expansive hearts.”
Sermon 234, 3

APRIL 4 – SAINT ISIDORE
“Everyone delights at being at the top. But the step up to it is humility. Why stretch your foot out to what is beyond you? That way, you want to fall, not climb higher. The two disciples (James and John) didn’t want to bother with this step of humility … They were after a place at the top, they didn’t see the step. The Lord, however, pointed out the step. How did he reply? Can you drink the cup which I am going to drink?”
Sermon 96, 3-4

APRIL 3 – SAINT RICHARD
“Let us not look back at what we were before Christ bought us, in case we should remain stuck on the road. Let us not look back, and at the same time, though, let us keep it in remembrance. If we look back, you see, we return to it; if we forget it, we will be ungrateful.”
Sermon 335 1,2

APRIL 2 – SAINT FRANCIS OF PAOLA
“Don’t be ashamed or embarrassed about the cross of Christ; that’s why you received the sign of it on your forehead, as on the seat of shame. Remember what you have on your forehead, and don’t be terrified by someone else’s tongue.”
Sermon 160. 5

APRIL 1 – SAINT CELSUS
“You are aiming at Christ exalted on high; come back to him crucified on the cross. You want to reign and take pride in the thrones of Christ; first learn to say, Far be it from me to take pride in anything but in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is Christian teaching, the rule of humility, the recommendation of humility, that we should not take pride in anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Sermon 160, 5

FEBRUARY 28 – SAINT ROMANUS
“Only if you know how to love yourself, will I entrust your neighbor to you to be loved. If you don’t yet know how to love yourself, I’m afraid you are only too likely to cheat your neighbor of love as you are cheating yourself.”
Sermon 128, 5

FEBRUARY 27 – SAINT GABRIEL
“If poverty pinches, if grief saddens, if pain overcomes us, if exile darkens our life, if anyother misfortune fills us with foreboding, let there be good friends at hand who know how to ‘weep with those who weep’ as well as ‘rejoice with those who rejoice.’ With such good friends such bitter trials are lessened, the heavy burdens are lightened, obstacles are met and overcome.”
Letter 130, 2.4

FEBRUARY 26 – SAINT ROMEO
“The world continues to grab at us, enticing us with its charms. We like lots of money, we like splendid honors, we like the power to dominate others. We like all these things, but let’s keep in mind the words of the apostle: ‘We brought nothing into this world, neither can we take anything out.’”
Sermon 39, 2