Monday, March 26th
What is the sacrifice? What is the Cross but heaven when Jesus Christ is on it? Give Him your will in such a way that you can no longer say “I want this,” but I desire what He desires. -St. Teresa de los Andes
Year: 2018
Sunday, March 25th
The Lord told me this:…’Behold these wounds, for your sufferings have never reached this point. Suffering is the way of truth. By this means you will help me weep over the loss of those who follow the way of the world… -St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, March 24th
God created the child who knows only how to make his feeble cries heard; He has created the poor savage who has nothing but the natural law to guide him. It is to their hearts that God deigns to lower Himself. These are the wild flowers whose simplicity attracts Him.…
Friday, March 23rd
What God seeks, He being Himself God by nature, is to make us gods through participation, just as fire converts all things into fire. – St. John of the Cross
Thursday, March 22nd
I understand so very well that it is only through love that we can render ourselves pleasing to the good Lord, that love is the one thing I long for. The science of love is the only science I desire. -St. Therese
Wednesday, March 21st
In the first place, we ought to be astonished by this fact: when we praise God or give him thanks for his benefits in general, we are not particularly concerned whether or not our prayer is acceptable to him. On the other hand, we demand to see the results of…
Tuesday, March 20th
Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don’t call prayer—–however much the lips may move. – St. Teresa…
Monday, March 19th
If in periods of physical depression and spiritual discouragement it is difficult for us to gather our energies to lift ourselves up, let us rest in the Lord and not grieve over it. – Bl. M. Josephine of Jesus Crucified
Sunday, March 18th
This is the reason for prayer my daughters, the purpose of this spiritual marriage: the birth always of good works, good works. – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, March 17th
I have written, God does not allow us to drink of this water of perfect contemplation whenever we like: the choice is not ours; this Divine union is something quite supernatural, given that it may cleanse the soul and leave it pure and free from the mud and misery in…
Sunday, March 25th
The Lord told me this:…’Behold these wounds, for your sufferings have never reached this point. Suffering is the way of truth. By this means you will help me weep over the loss of those who follow the way of the world… -St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, March 24th
God created the child who knows only how to make his feeble cries heard; He has created the poor savage who has nothing but the natural law to guide him. It is to their hearts that God deigns to lower Himself. These are the wild flowers whose simplicity attracts Him.…
Friday, March 23rd
What God seeks, He being Himself God by nature, is to make us gods through participation, just as fire converts all things into fire. – St. John of the Cross
Thursday, March 22nd
I understand so very well that it is only through love that we can render ourselves pleasing to the good Lord, that love is the one thing I long for. The science of love is the only science I desire. -St. Therese
Wednesday, March 21st
In the first place, we ought to be astonished by this fact: when we praise God or give him thanks for his benefits in general, we are not particularly concerned whether or not our prayer is acceptable to him. On the other hand, we demand to see the results of…
Tuesday, March 20th
Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don’t call prayer—–however much the lips may move. – St. Teresa…
Monday, March 19th
If in periods of physical depression and spiritual discouragement it is difficult for us to gather our energies to lift ourselves up, let us rest in the Lord and not grieve over it. – Bl. M. Josephine of Jesus Crucified
Sunday, March 18th
This is the reason for prayer my daughters, the purpose of this spiritual marriage: the birth always of good works, good works. – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, March 17th
I have written, God does not allow us to drink of this water of perfect contemplation whenever we like: the choice is not ours; this Divine union is something quite supernatural, given that it may cleanse the soul and leave it pure and free from the mud and misery in…