Tuesday
August 23, 2016
24 Carat Gold
“When gold has been purified up to twenty-four carats, it can no longer be consumed by any fire; not gold itself but only dross can be burnt away. Thus the divine fire works in the soul: God holds the soul in the fire until its every imperfection is burnt away and it is brought to perfection, as it were to the purity of twenty-four carats, each soul however according to its own degree. When the soul has been purified it stays wholly in God. - St. Catherine of Genoa
Year of Mercy Calendar for Today: Volunteer to lead a Bible Study at a local prison, or donate Catholic books.
Tuesday, August 23
Liturgical Color: Green
Today is the optional memorial
of St. Rose of Lima, virgin. She
was the first saint born in the
Americas and showed great
devotion to St. Catherine
of Siena. Like St. Catherine, she
bore the pain of the stigmata. St.
Rose died in 1617.