Lord Jesus Christ, you created me, you watched over me from infancy,
– St. Agatha
kept my body from defilement, preserved me from love of the world,
made me able to withstand torture, and granted me the virtue of patience
in the midst of torments.

The Church Is Affilicted By Laziness | St. Augustine
“Scattered about the entire earth, your mother the Church is tormented by the assaults of error. She is also afflicted by the laziness and indifference of so many of the children she carries around in her bosom as well as by the sight of so many of her members growing...