November
1
e should honor God in His saints, and beseech Him to make us partakers of the graces He poured so abundantly upon them. — St. Vincent de Paul.
2
We may have a confident hope of our salvation when we apply ourselves to relieve the souls in purgatory, so afflicted and so dear to God. — St. Alphonsus.
3
The example of the saints is proposed to every one, so that the great actions shown us may encourage us to undertake smaller things. — Ven. Louis de Granada.
4
Let us read the lives of the saints; let us consider the penances which they performed, and blush to be so effeminate and so fearful of mortifying our flesh. — St. Alphonsus.
5
The greatest pain which the holy souls suffer in purgatory proceeds from their desire to possess God. This suffering especially afflicts those who in life had but a feeble desire of heaven. — St. Alphonsus.
