How sweet is the way of love. True, one can fall or commit infidelities, but, knowing how to draw profit from everything, love quickly consumes everything that can be displeasing to Jesus; it leaves nothing but a humble and profound peace in the depths of the heart. – St. Therese
In heaven we will be surprised to see how different His judgment is from what we can understand here below. May He be praised forever. – St. Teresa of Avila
How people delude themselves as to the real meaning of union with God! There are those who think they have reached it because they enjoy sensible consolations; they make one think of children playing with ashes which the wind blows away. No. no! True union lies not in enjoyment, but…
I desire your progress, but it strikes me that enough has already been said and written for the attainment of everything you need. If anything is lacking it is not writing and speaking, but in silence and work. -St. John of the Cross
It must always be understood that one has to strive to go forward in the service of our Lord and in self- knowledge. – St. Teresa of Avila
There is no need for us to be advising Him about what He should give us, for He can rightly tell us that we don’t know what we’re asking for. – St. Teresa of Avila Happy Feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel!
The more this kind of love grows the more our love of God grows with it; and the deeper our love for Him the more we shall love our neighbor for the principle of both is the same. -St. John of the Cross
Humility and detachment are two inseparable sisters. – St. Teresa of Avila
The meek are those who know how to suffer their neighbor and themselves. – St. John of the Cross
Yes, all my hopes will be fulfilled. The Lord will work wonders in me which will even surpass my great desires. -St. Therese