“When I think how much I have to acquire!” said a sister to St. Therese. “Say rather ‘to lose’” Therese answered, “for Jesus has charge of filling your soul with virtues as fast as you will get rid of the imperfections.” – St. Therese
O illustrious people! Open your eyes for the love of God; behold that the true knights of Jesus Christ and the princes of His Church, a St. Peter and a St. Paul, did not follow the road you follow. Do you think perhaps there will be a new road for…
I only follow His counsels regarding mortification, and I made the resolution to deny myself in all things. I only mortify my will. – St. Teresa of the Andes
It is enough to humble ourselves to bear patiently our imperfections. There lies true sanctity for us. – St. Therese
More courage I will need for sure, But any pain will I endure, Because it makes me like to you And leads unto your kingdom too. – Bl. Titus Brandsma, OCD
Love suffers neither delay nor repose, being always eager to suffer for the Beloved. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Our hearts are made for it alone. Sometimes I endeavor to find some other word for love; but in a land of exile words which have a beginning and an end are quite unable to render adequately the emotions of the soul, and so we must keep to the one…
The soul is not united with God in this life through understanding, or through enjoyment, or through imagination, or through any other sense; but only faith, hope, and charity (according to the intellect, memory, and will) can unite the soul with God in this life. – St. John of the…
In what peace, in what recollection Mary lent herself to everything she did! How even the most trivial things were divinized by her! For through it all the Virgin remained the adorer of the gift of God! This did not prevent her from spending herself outwardly when it was a…
Be careful never to waste an occasion for mortification by complaining. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)