The blessing of God seems to rest visibly on the apostolic work of this saint. His pleasantness of manner won the hearts of all. He worked many miracles and had the gift of prophecy.

  Behold an high priest who in his days, pleased God and was found righteous. –Lauds: First Antiphon.

   The lover flieth, runneth, and rejoiceth, he is free, and cannot be restrained. He giveth all for all, and hath all in all; because he resteth in one sovereign good above all, from whom all good floweth and proceedeth. –Imitation: Book III.

  Ideal: St. Willibrord was the kind of saint you were asked to copy yesterday. Nothing could disturb his peace of mind. In all things that happened he could find some means for practicing virtue. He was the kind of saint who would rejoice with the ducks on the day it rained when he wanted to go to a picnic.

  Today: You have probably read or heard the poem that ends at each stanza with “It all depends upon the state of mind.” That was a slogan of the saints. They feared nothing, nor fretted about anything except a possible offense of God. Think about it; nothing else in the world is really a misfortune except that. Bring Everyman to class and ask your teacher to read it to you; it will prove that statement made in the last sentence.

  ~Slogan: What exchange shall a man give for his soul?

~A Character Calendar
Sister Mary Fidelis, Sister Mary Charitas
Imprimatur 1931