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Saint of the Day: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) »

Edith Stein was born in Breslau on 12 October 1891, the youngest of 11, as her family were celebrating Yom Kippur, that most important Jewish festival, the Feast of Atonement. “More than anything else, this helped make the youngest child very precious to her mother.” Being born on this…

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Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.

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St. Josemaria Escriva (via catholicanswers)

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Remember that the Christian life is one of action; not of speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be done well.

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St Vincent Pallotti (via wreckedsolitaryhere)

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Christ held Himself in His hands when He gave His Body to His disciples saying: ‘This is My Body.’ No one partakes of this Flesh before he has adored it.

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St. Augustine (354-430 AD)

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Love is the most necessary of all virtues. Love in the person who preaches the word of God is like fire in a musket. If a person were to throw a bullet with his hands, he would hardly make a dent in anything; but if the person takes the same bullet and ignites some gunpowder behind it, it can kill. It is much the same with the word of God. If it is spoken by someone who is filled with the fire of charity - the fire of love of God and neighbor - it will work wonders.

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St Anthony Mary Claret (via catholic-inspiration)

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Our labor here is brief, but the reward is eternal. Do not be disturbed by the clamor of the world, which passes like a shadow. Do not let the false delights of a deceptive world deceive you. Close your ears to the whisperings of hell and bravely oppose its onslaughts. Gladly endure whatever goes against you and do not let good fortune lift you up: for these things destroy faith, while these others demand it. Offer faithfully what you have vowed to God, and He shall reward you.

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St Clare of Assisi in The Letter to Ermentrude of Bruges
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There is a state of resting in God, an absolute break from all intellectual activity, when one forms no plans, makes no decisions and for the first time really ceases to act, when one simply hands over the future to God’s will and ‘surrenders himself to fate’.

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St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

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Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.

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St. Josemaria Escriva (via catholicanswers)

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Unfurl the sails, and let God steer us where He will.

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St. Bede (via catholicanswers)

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