Quiet Moment

Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Not to go along the way to God is to go back. — St. Thomas Aquinas

Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist The Truth is Truth; there are no compromises. — Pope Benedict XVI

Memorial of St. Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Late have I loved Thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved Thee! — St. Augustine

Memorial of St. Monica It is not possible that the son of so many tears should perish. — a bishop to St. Monica, encouraging her in her prayers for her son, Augustine

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Love of our neighbor is included in the love of God. — St. Thomas Aquinas

Optional Memorial of St. Louis; St. Joseph Calasanz, Priest Blessed Virgin Mary Strive to contemplate Christ crucified and his virtues, so as to know and imitate them. — St. Joseph Calasanz

Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle Withhold thy heart from all things: Seek God, and thou shalt find him. — St. Teresa of Ávila

Optional Memorial of St. Rose of Lima, Virgin Without the burden of afflictions, it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggle increases. — St. Rose of Lima

Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary The life of faith is nothing less than the continued pursuit of God through all that disguises, disfigures, destroys, and, so to say, annihilates him. It is in very truth a reproduction…

Memorial of St. Pius X, Pope I was born poor, I have lived in poverty, and I wish to die poor. — St. Pius X