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The feast of St. Mary Magdalene is July 22. "What heart, even if it were of stone, would not be moved by the example of penance that the tears of this sinner give us?" -Pope St. Gregory the Great on Mary Magdalene

"St. Joseph leads us directly to Mary, and Mary leads us to the source of all holiness, Jesus Christ, who sanctified the domestic virtues by His obedience to Joseph and Mary." -Pope Benedict XV, July 25, 1920

"Certainly she who performed the role of the Creator’s handmaid and Mother is truly and in perfect reality God’s Mother, and Lady and Queen over all creation.” -St. John Damascene

"O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary." -St. Gertrude the Great

July 14 is the feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. St. Kateri, Lily of purity, Courage of the afflicted, Lover of the cross of Jesus, Pray for us

"How powerful was the illumination of this light and how strong the brightness of this source of light. Truly this light was kept hidden in the cloistered life... Clare in fact lay hidden, but her life was revealed to all." -Pope Alexander IV writing about St. Clare of Assisi

"God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty." -St. John of the Cross

"The Holy Church proclaims, preaches [Mary], as conceived without original sin; and those who hear, the children of Holy Church, wonder, marvel, are astonished and overcome by the preaching." -St. John Henry Newman

"Jesus and Mary themselves obey and offer their homage to Joseph, for they reverence what the hand of God has established in him, namely, the authority of spouse and the authority of father." -Pope Pius XI

"It is customary with those who are not Catholics to fancy that the honors we pay to [Mary] interfere with the supreme worship which we pay to [Jesus]; that in Catholic teaching she eclipses Him. But this is the very reverse of the truth." -St. John Henry Newman

"Magdalene's sin had consisted in her indulging many lovers; and now, by the marvelous and most visible change wrought by the hand of the Most High, the holiness of Magdalene consists in that she loves much." -from "Panegyric on St. Mary Magdalene" by Louis Bourdaloue, SJ

"Him whom the heavens cannot contain, the womb of one woman bore. She ruled our Ruler; she carried Him in whom we are; she gave milk to our Bread." -St. Augustine Mother of our Savior, pray for us

"Every time a creature offers up this Blood by which he was redeemed, he offers a gift of infinite worth, which can be equalled by no other!" -St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi

After given the responsibility of taking care of Jesus, St. Joseph "lives only for Jesus Christ, he has no other care except for Him; what he is not by nature he becomes by affection; all any earthly father felt for his son, St. Joseph felt for Him Who is God." -Bishop Bossuet

One of the smartest things you can do as a Catholic is to keep your mouth shut sometimes and not weigh in on every little thing on the Internet. Remember that you are going to have to account for everything you say in life at your particular judgment immediately after you die.

Heart of Mary, Immaculate in thy creation, Flooded with grace, Abyss of humbleness, Pray for us

"Surely it is a source of profound consolation to know that we are loved so deeply by Our Lord, who constantly carries us in his heart." -St. Francis de Sales

"O Mary, who would not love you? You are a light in doubts, a comfort in sadness, a refuge in danger. After your only begotten Son, you are the sure salvation of the faithful." -Louis Blosius, 16th century Benedictine abbot

Sanctified before he was born. The Man in the Wilderness. The Immerser. The Forerunner. The Precursor. St. John the Baptist, Pray for us

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You