“The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain”

Upon the 18th day of August, were born into the better life: _ At Rome, upon the Lavican Way, [in the year 328,] holy [widow] Helen, [Empress of the West,] mother of that most religious Emperor Constantine the Great, who was the first to leave to other princes the pattern of how to protect and spread the Church. At Palestrina, Italy, [in the year 274,] the holy martyr Agapitus, [principal patron of the Church in Palestrina]; he was fifteen years of age, and hot with the love

“The most useful of all knowledge is to know how to despise ourselves”

On the morrow is the Octave of the holy martyr Lawrence. Upon the same 17th day of August, were born into the better life: _ At Carthage, in Africa, [in the year 483,] the holy martyrs Liberatus the Abbot, Boniface the Deacon, Servus and Rusticus the Sub-Deacons, the monks Rogatus and Septimus, and the boy Maximus. In the persecution by the Vandals under King Hunneric, they were put to diverse and unheard-of tortures, on account of their confession of the Catholic faith and

“Learn of Me, because I am meek and humble of heart, and you shall find rest to your souls”

Upon the 16th day of August we keep the feast of the holy Confessor Hyacinth, of the Order of Preachers, [who died at Cracow, in Poland, upon the feast-day of the Assumption, in the year 1257, and] whose feast Pope Clement VIII, when he enrolled his name among those of the Saints, ordered to be kept on the morrow thereof. Upon the same 16th day of August, were born into the better life: _ At Rome, [in the year 410,] the holy Deacon Titus. While the city was occupied by the G

“Let us not love in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth”

“With honor preventing one another”

Upon the 15th day of August God took to Himself His most holy Mother the Virgin Mary, [in the year of Our Lord 57.] Upon the same day were also born into the better life: _ At Rome, upon the Appian Way, [under the Emperors Valerian and Gallienus,] the holy Acolyte Tharsicius. The pagans found him bearing the Sacraments of the Body of Christ, and began to ask him what he was carrying, but he deemed it unseemly to produce pearls before swine, and they maltreated him so with st

"O God, the Queen is at Thy right hand"

St. Michael is not far from us. Each day, when temptations arise, when shadows threaten, when discouragement presses upon our hearts, he is present—shield in hand, sword raised, ready to defend the children of God.

On the morrow is made the worshipful Commemoration of the Blessed Archangel Michael on the which day was consecrated in his name the...

“The measure of your progress shall be the measure of the violence you do yourself”

“Who is like to God ?”

Ninth Supplication: Oh, Glorious Model of Obedience...

Upon the 28th day of September, was born into the better life: _ In Bohemia, the holy martyr Wenceslaus, Duke of that country, glorious...

“Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world”

Eighth Supplication: Oh, Glorious Defender of those who struggle...

Upon the 27th day of September, were born into the better life: _ At Aegae, in Cilicia, the holy brethren Cosmas and Damian, both...

“If any man will come after die, let him deny himself”