July 14: Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest—Optional Memorial Note: In the United States this memorial is transferred to July 18
1550–1614 Patron Saint of the sick, hospitals, hospital workers, nurses, and nursing associations Invoked against the vice of gambling Canonized by Pope Benedict XIV on June 29, 1746 Liturgical Color: White
Quote: Because without doubt within a few days I will go to another life, given that I am most grave because of my long infirmities…it appears to me that I would fail in my duty if, before this life ends, I did not tell you with all simplicity and rectitude what I have heard and hear in me about our holy Order, so that everyone may walk with the rectitude and faithfulness that God wants of us. He asks us that we do not bury the very valuable talent that God has placed in our hands so that we may achieve holiness in life and then in eternal glory. There is also another reason: speaking in conscience and in truth, one can almost say that this foundation was done in a miraculous way with a view to the glory of his Divine Majesty and of such a great good for the souls and bodies of our neighbors… ~Letter from his deathbed
Prayer: Saint Camillus de Lellis, you suffered as a young man from an addiction to gambling and lived a destitute life. God called you out of that darkness and you responded. Please pray for me, that the light of Christ will enter into my own darkness and sin, and from that place of suffering, transform me into a living saint, fully devoted to the service of God and others. Saint Camillus, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.
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