Venerable María Antonia Pereira, foundress of the Carmel of Santiago de Compostela, died on 10 March 1760. Here we read her moving account of the Lord saying to her, “follow me.”
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Quote of the day, 10 March: Venerable María Antonia
Quote of the day 31 August: Sr. Geneviève, OCD
The notorious criminal, Henri Pranzini was executed on this date, 31 August 1877; St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus called Pranzini "her child". Today we read an excerpt from Céline's testimony at the Diocesan Process of Beatification, where she describes Thérèse's zeal for the salvation of Pranzini's soul.
Quote of the day, 31 March: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
At the foot of your Cross, Beloved… Jesus, my crucified Love I just told you again to take My heart without ever giving it back to me...
Quote of the day, 26 February: St. Raphael Kalinowski
St. Raphael Kalinowski understands the struggle of a people to defend their homeland against an occupying power. “Can I remain passive when so many people have sacrificed everything for this cause, undoubtedly a national cause?” A prisoner of war condemned to Siberia, he took the Gospels, his crucifix, and The Imitation of Christ.
Quote of the day: 14 October
When the Blessed Sacrament was brought into her cell, the Holy Mother raised herself without anyone’s help
!["[Perfect love] will be our eternal life, and here we have to seek to come as close to it as possible. Jesus became incarnate in order to be our way."](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/338273479_3403408046565587_3161977190221199289_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=_uLkZrcaljIAX--NzJr&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfCN68Wuc3VR_v6dJFM-PKrwlFwANl-MFjFX_1XC2bNg5w&oe=642E2A0B)
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