SAINT CLARE OF ASSISI CELEBRATION
Patron Saint of Eye Diseases
August 11th
"We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become"
~ St. Clare of Assisi
SAINT LAWRENCE CELEBRATION
Patron Saint of Deacons
August 10th
"All things are possible for him who believes. More to him who hopes.Even more to him who loves."
~St. Lawrence
"I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.
And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left.β
-Luke 17: 34, 35
TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD CELEBRATION
August 6th
"Do not tell the vision to anyone until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.β
~Matthew 17: 9
SAINT JOHN VIANNEY FEAST
Patron Saint of parish preast
August 4th
"There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us."
~ St. John Vianney
SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA FEAST
The Jesuits founder
July 31st
"If God sends you many sufferings, it is a sign that He has great plans for you and certainly wants to make you a saint"
~ St. Ignatius Loyola
"So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, βWe are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do'"
-Luke 17: 10
FEAST OF SAINTS MARTHA, MARY AND LAZARUS
July 29th
βI am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this (Martha) ?β
-John 11: 25, 26
"If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to [this] mulberry tree, βBe uprooted and planted in the sea,β and it would obey you."
-Luke 17: 6
"Abraham replied, βMy child, remember that you (the Rich Man) received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.'"
-Luke 16: 25
βEveryone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery."
-Luke 16: 18
SAINT JAMES THE GREAT FEAST
Patron Saint of Spain
July 25th
Jesus walked along from there and saw two other brothers, JAMES, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them,
-Matthew 4: 21, 22
MARY MAGDALENE FEAST DAY
Patron Saint of repentant sinners
July 22nd
"Stop holding on to me (Mary of Magdala) , for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, βI am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."'
-John 20: 17
"You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts;for what is of human esteem is an abomination(disgusting) in the sight of God."
-Luke 16:15
OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL FEAST DAY
Patron Saint of the Carmelite Order
July 16th
"Whoever dies wearing this Scapular shall not suffer eternal life."
-Our Lady of Mount Carmel's
promise to St. Simon Stock
"No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.β
-Luke 16: 13
SAINT CAMILLUS DE LELLIS CELEBRATION
Patron Saint of healthcare workers
July 14th
"The poor and the sick are the heart of God. In serving them, we serve Jesus Christ."
~ St.Camillus De Lellis