26th January 2014: Blessed John XXIII

Blessed John XXIII who is going to be canonized this April 2014 together with Blessed John Paul II.

"You are the light of the world.... Your light must shine so that it... will enable others to observe your good works and then give praise to your Father in Heaven." (Matthew 5:14, 16)

"It would scarcely be necessary to teach doctrine if our lives were radiant enough. If we behaved like true Christians, there would be no pagans." - Pope John XXIII

25th January 2014: Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi

"There, while we have time , let us do good to all men - especially to those who are of the household of faith." - Galatians 6:10

"Courtesy is one of the properties of God. Who sends His sun and rain to the just and the unjust through courtesy. Courtesy is the sister of charity, by which hatred is overcome and love is prized." - Saint Francis of Assisi

24th January 2014: Saint Francis de Sales

Saint Francis de Sales

"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble of heart." - Matthew 11:29

"If there was something better than meekness, God would certainly have told us. But He exhorts us above all to be meek and humble of heart." - Saint Francis de Sales

23rd January 2014: Vatican II

"There is a time for every matter under heaven... a time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance." - Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4

"Leisure time should be put to proper use for relaxation of spirit and increased health of mind and body. Such benefits are available through spontaneous study and activity and through travel... These benefits are also obtained from physical exercise and sports events." - Vatican II: Church in the Modern World, 61

22nd January 2014: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

"Unless Your law had been my delight, I would already have perished in my affliction." 

- Psalms 119:92

"Mediation renders life honest and well-ordered and imparts knowledge of human and divine things." - Saint Bernard

21st January 2014: Saint Catherine of Siena

Saint Catherine of Siena

"Faith is the assurance of what we hope for, and the conviction of things we do not see." 

- Hebrews 11:1

"Unless we possess the light of faith, we will walk in the darkness. We will be like the blind for whom the day has become the night." - Saint Catherine of Siena

6th January 2014: Saint John Chrysostom

Saint John Chrysostom

"When they entered the house, they beheld the Child with Mary His Mother. Falling to their knees, they paid Him homage." (Matthew 2:9-11)

"If we approach with faith, we too will see Jesus...; for the Eucharistic table takes place of the crib. Here the Body of the Lord is present, wrapped not in swaddling clothes but in the rays of the Holy Spirit." - Saint John Chrysostom