Saturday, March 18th
Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it; reflect that all must come to an end. – St. John of the Cross
Year: 2017
Friday, March 17th
In fact God seems to be wholly occupied with overwhelming the soul with caresses and marks of affection like a mother who brings up her child and feeds it with her own milk. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Thursday, March 16th
When under the action of detachment and spiritual darkness, faith plants firm roots in the soul, hope and charity likewise flow into it; a charity that logically does not manifest itself by giving a sensation of sweetness, but rather by producing in the soul a strength, a more decisive courage,…
Wednesday, March 15th
The very pure spirit does not meddle with exterior attachments or human respect, but it communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility, for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, March 14th
Whoever lives in the presence of so good a friend and excellent leader, who went ahead of us to be the first to suffer, can endure all things. The Lord helps us, strengthens us, and never fails. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, March 13th
Our Lord to Teresa: “In this way you will see the reward that comes from suffering, for since you did not have the health to speak with Me, I have spoken with you and favored you.” -St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, March 12th
I believe that it is Jesus Himself, hidden at the bottom of my poor, little heart, who acts in me in some mysterious way and tells me everything He wishes me to do at the present moment. -St. Therese
Saturday, March 11th
You do much more by saying one word of the Our Father from time to time than by rushing through the entire prayer many times. You are very close to the One you petition; He will not fail to hear you. And believe that herein lies the true praise and…
Friday, March 10th
By love and not by fear, does a soul avoid committing the least voluntary fault. -St.Therese
Thursday, March 9th
Run a thousand miles from such expressions as :”I was right.” “They had no reason for doing this to me.” “The one who did this to me was wrong.” God deliver us from this poor way of reasoning. Does it seem to have been right that our good Jesus suffered…
Friday, March 17th
In fact God seems to be wholly occupied with overwhelming the soul with caresses and marks of affection like a mother who brings up her child and feeds it with her own milk. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Thursday, March 16th
When under the action of detachment and spiritual darkness, faith plants firm roots in the soul, hope and charity likewise flow into it; a charity that logically does not manifest itself by giving a sensation of sweetness, but rather by producing in the soul a strength, a more decisive courage,…
Wednesday, March 15th
The very pure spirit does not meddle with exterior attachments or human respect, but it communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility, for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, March 14th
Whoever lives in the presence of so good a friend and excellent leader, who went ahead of us to be the first to suffer, can endure all things. The Lord helps us, strengthens us, and never fails. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, March 13th
Our Lord to Teresa: “In this way you will see the reward that comes from suffering, for since you did not have the health to speak with Me, I have spoken with you and favored you.” -St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, March 12th
I believe that it is Jesus Himself, hidden at the bottom of my poor, little heart, who acts in me in some mysterious way and tells me everything He wishes me to do at the present moment. -St. Therese
Saturday, March 11th
You do much more by saying one word of the Our Father from time to time than by rushing through the entire prayer many times. You are very close to the One you petition; He will not fail to hear you. And believe that herein lies the true praise and…
Friday, March 10th
By love and not by fear, does a soul avoid committing the least voluntary fault. -St.Therese
Thursday, March 9th
Run a thousand miles from such expressions as :”I was right.” “They had no reason for doing this to me.” “The one who did this to me was wrong.” God deliver us from this poor way of reasoning. Does it seem to have been right that our good Jesus suffered…