Feast of the Annuciation (Lady Day)

With such glad dreams I sought this holy place
And now with wondering eyes and heart I stand
Before this supreme mystery of Love:
Some kneeling girl with passionless pale face,
An angel with a lily in his hand
And over both the white wings of a dove
--from Ave Maria Gratia Plena by Oscar Wilde

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.

Feast of Saint Gabriel

Saint Gabriel, pray for us.

Courage

Courage is not the absence of fear but, rather, the judgment that something is more important than fear.

--Ambrose Redmoon 

Virtue

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing.

--Blaise Pascal

Feast of Saint Benedict

Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.
--Saint Benedict

Saint Benedict, pray for us.

Love

"Who has ever found it repulsive to make sacrifices for someone he loves deeply? On the contrary, to give is precisely what love impels us to do."
--Reverend Gerald Vann

Our Lady of Akita, pray for the people of Japan.

Feast of Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph, pray for us.