Wednesday, July 11th
Don’t pay too much attention to whether you are fervent or discouraged; it is the law of our exile to pass from one state to the other like that. – Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Month: July 2018
Tuesday, July 10th
There is a soft nocturnal glow in a mind that is freed…calmed and meditative. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Monday, July 9th
If you desire that devotion be born in your spirit and that the love of God and the desire for divine things increase, cleanse your soul of every desire, attachment, and ambition in such a way that you have no concern about anything. Just as a sick person is immediately…
Sunday, July 8th
O my powerful God, how sublime are Your secrets, and how different spiritual things are from all that is visible and understandable here below. – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, July 7th
When we have prayed to the Blessed Virgin and she has not given us what we asked for, we should let her do what she pleases, without insisting on our request; and after that let us not worry any more about it. – St. Therese
Friday, July 6th
I find I am doing nothing to correspond to love…I feel within me a continual reproach of the Sovereign Good, and on the other hand everything seems to hinder me from simply rushing forward to God…I find no other remedy but to live by faith. I cannot imagine what painful…
Thursday, July 5th
It remains to be said, then, that even though this happy night darkens the spirit, it does so only to impart light concerning all things; and even though it humbles individuals and reveals their miseries, it does so only to exalt them; and even though it impoverishes and empties them…
Wednesday, July 4th
I keep my eyes fixed on eternity and in this way I obtain constancy in the vortex of city life, freedom in social relations, and a merry heart. – St. Raphael Kalinowski, OCD
Tuesday, July 3rd
But please do tell me, O child Mary, which way could one follow to acquire a love so high?… An anxious and constant desire for that love, and removing from ourselves self- love! For, love hinders love. The loves that hinder this high love are of three kinds: a great…
Monday, June 2nd
Souls are guarded jealously in the heart of God and what we think we sometimes understand of our soul is nonetheless always a fleeting reflection of that which will remain God’s secret until the day in which everything will come to light. The hope in this future revelation gives me…
Tuesday, July 10th
There is a soft nocturnal glow in a mind that is freed…calmed and meditative. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Monday, July 9th
If you desire that devotion be born in your spirit and that the love of God and the desire for divine things increase, cleanse your soul of every desire, attachment, and ambition in such a way that you have no concern about anything. Just as a sick person is immediately…
Sunday, July 8th
O my powerful God, how sublime are Your secrets, and how different spiritual things are from all that is visible and understandable here below. – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, July 7th
When we have prayed to the Blessed Virgin and she has not given us what we asked for, we should let her do what she pleases, without insisting on our request; and after that let us not worry any more about it. – St. Therese
Friday, July 6th
I find I am doing nothing to correspond to love…I feel within me a continual reproach of the Sovereign Good, and on the other hand everything seems to hinder me from simply rushing forward to God…I find no other remedy but to live by faith. I cannot imagine what painful…
Thursday, July 5th
It remains to be said, then, that even though this happy night darkens the spirit, it does so only to impart light concerning all things; and even though it humbles individuals and reveals their miseries, it does so only to exalt them; and even though it impoverishes and empties them…
Wednesday, July 4th
I keep my eyes fixed on eternity and in this way I obtain constancy in the vortex of city life, freedom in social relations, and a merry heart. – St. Raphael Kalinowski, OCD
Tuesday, July 3rd
But please do tell me, O child Mary, which way could one follow to acquire a love so high?… An anxious and constant desire for that love, and removing from ourselves self- love! For, love hinders love. The loves that hinder this high love are of three kinds: a great…
Monday, June 2nd
Souls are guarded jealously in the heart of God and what we think we sometimes understand of our soul is nonetheless always a fleeting reflection of that which will remain God’s secret until the day in which everything will come to light. The hope in this future revelation gives me…