Thoughts and Counsels of the Saints for Every Day of the Year Part 6

19

Such is the compa.s.sion, such the love which Mary bears us, that she is never tired of praying for us.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

20

O Queen of heaven and earth! The universe would perish before thou couldst refuse aid to one who invokes thee from the depth of his heart.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

21

O most blessed Virgin, who declarest in thy Canticle that it is owing to thy humility that G.o.d hath done great things in thee, obtain for me the grace to imitate thee, that is, to be obedient; because to obey is to practise humility.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

22

May the two names so sweet and so powerful, of Jesus and Mary, be always in our hearts and on our lips!--ST. ALPHONSUS.

23

Whatsoever we do, we can never be true children of Mary, unless we are humble.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

24

Let us highly esteem devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and let us lose no opportunity of inspiring others with it.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

25

As a mother feels no disgust in dressing the sores of her child, so Mary, the heavenly infirmarian, never refuses to care for sinners who have recourse to her.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

26

Each of our days is marked with the protection of Mary, who is exceedingly anxious to be our Mother, when we desire to be her children.--ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

27

When the devil wishes to make himself master of a soul, he seeks to make it give up devotion to Mary.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

28

Let us have recourse to Mary; for of all creatures she is the highest, the purest, the most beautiful, and the most loving.--BL. HENRY SUSO.

29

Let the name of Mary be ever on your lips, let it be indelibly engraven on your heart. If you are under her protection, you have nothing to fear; if she is propitious, you will arrive at the port of salvation.-- ST. BERNARD.

30

Know that of all devotions the most pleasing to Mary is to have frequent recourse to her, asking for favors.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

31

Let the servants of Mary perform every day, and especially on Sat.u.r.day, some work of charity for her sake.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

June

1

CAN WE, amongst all hearts, find one more amiable than that of Jesus? It is on His Heart that G.o.d looks with special complacency--ST. ALPHONSUS.

2

One must wage war against his predominant pa.s.sion, and not retreat, until, with G.o.d's help, he has been victorious.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

3

An act of perfect conformity to the will of G.o.d unites us more to Him than a hundred other acts of virtue.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

4

The love of G.o.d inspires the love of our neighbor, and the love of our neighbor serves to keep alive the love of G.o.d.--ST. GREGORY THE GREAT.

5

Live always in the certainty that whatever happens to you is the result of divine Providence; because nothing hard or laborious falls to your lot without the Lord permitting it.--VEN. LOUIS DE BLOIS.

6

Whatsoever good work you undertake, pray earnestly to G.o.d that He will enable you to bring it to a successful termination.--ST. BENEDICT.

7

What is a fruitless repentance, defiled almost immediately by new faults?--ST. BERNARD.

8

You propose to give up everything to G.o.d; be sure, then, to include yourself among the things to be given up.--ST. BENEDICT.

9

If you can find a place where G.o.d is not, go there and sin with impunity.--ST. ANSELM.

10

He can not err who is constantly with the visible Head which Jesus Christ has left to His Church, as its foundation, rule, teacher, and defender of the Faith.--ST. ALPHONSUS.

11

The more numerous the gifts we have received from G.o.d, the greater the account we must render to Him.--ST. GREGORY THE GREAT.