As the earthly body has need of daily bread, so the divine life in us demands continual nourishment. “This is the bread of life come down from heaven.” And each day in us, who make it become our daily bread, is accomplished the mystery of Christmas, the Incarnation of the…
How impossible it is for a soul to judge the things of God aright! To do so it must completely get rid of its desire and pleasures apart from God. -St. John of the Cross
The relationship of the soul to God as God foresaw it from all eternity as the goal of her (the soul’s) creation, simply cannot be more fittingly designated than as a nuptial bond. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
…it is not enough for me to give to the one who asks, I ought to anticipate the wish; I should show myself honored by the request for service, and if anything set apart for my use be taken away I should appear glad to be rid of it. -St.…
He should not go seeking after new things which can only satisfy the desires in a superficial manner (and even here cannot satisfy fully) while leaving the spirit weak and empty, without deep inner virtue. -St. John of the Cross
This is the measure of the holiness of the children of God: to be holy as God, to be holy with the holiness of God: and we do this by living close to Him in the depths of the bottomless abyss within. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Don’t be terrified by the new life that is opening up to you, for being a child of Mary, she will cover you with her mantle. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Let the soul, then, be ‘enclosed’ without anxiety. He who, when the doors were shut, entered bodily among His disciples and said ‘Peace be with you’ in an unexpected and inconceivable way, will enter spiritually into the soul when it keeps the door of its powers closed-that is, memory, understanding…
Just as the Lamb had to be killed to be raised upon the throne of glory, so the path to glory leads through suffering and the cross for everyone chosen to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb. All who want to be married to the Lamb must allow themselves…
When the soul reflects that God is the guide of its blind self, then its main preoccupation will be to see that it sets no obstacle in the way of its Guide, the Holy Spirit, upon the road by which God is leading it. – St. John of the Cross