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Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist Be kind to all and severe to thyself. — St. Teresa of Ávila

Nineteen forty-eight was the year our local baseball team, the Cleveland Indians, won the whole thing — the American League pennant and the coveted World Series. The entire city was giddy with excitement during the last weeks of…

Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr I would rather die for Jesus Christ than rule the last reaches of the earth. — St. Ignatius

Optional Memorial of St. Hedwig, Religious; St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin Be courageous, do not be cast down. Trust in God and hope that he will grant you every grace. — St. Gerard of Majella

Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church I began to think of the soul as if it were a castle made of a single diamond or of very clear crystal, in which there are many rooms, just as in heaven there are many…

Optional Memorial of St. Callistus I, Pope and Martyr Happy is the man who is able to love all men alike. — St. Maximus the Confessor

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time The huge modern heresy … altering the human soul to fit its conditions, instead of altering human conditions to fit the human soul. — G.K. Chesterton

Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Virgin Mary I recollect one saying among others of my confessor, a Jesuit father, one of the holiest, most prudent men I ever knew. He said that we could not love the blessed…

Optional Memorial of St. John XXIII, Pope It would scarcely be necessary to expound doctrine if our lives were radiant enough. If we behaved like true Christians, there would be no pagans. — St. John XXIII

Thursday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Before God can deliver us, we must undeceive ourselves. — St. Augustine