Monday, February 18th
The devil through very small things drills holes through which very large things enter. -St. Teresa of Avila
The devil through very small things drills holes through which very large things enter. -St. Teresa of Avila
God is compassionate and filled with gentleness, slow to punish and abundant in mercy, for He knows our frailty, He remembers we are dust. -St. Therese
Many of these beginners want God to desire what they want, and they become sad if they have to desire God’s will. They frequently believe that what is not their will, or that which brings them no satisfaction, is not God’s will, and on the other hand, that if they…
More courage I will need for sure, But any pain will I endure, Because it makes me like to you And leads unto your kingdom too. – Bl. Titus Brandsma, OCD
Who are you, sweet Light, who inundate me and enlighten the night of my heart? You guide me just like a mother’s hand; but if you leave me I cannot advance a single step. You are space that surrounds my being and in which it is concealed. If you abandon…
The mirror in which we ought to look at ourselves that we may reach divine union is Jesus Christ, because no one can attain it except by means of and through the merits of Jesus Crucified. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
My life is but an instant, an hour that passes by; a single day that slips my grasp and quickly slides away. O well you know, my dearest God, to love you I only have today. -St. Therese
That is what life in Carmel means: to live in God, contemplating His goodness and beauty, and dedicated entirely to the fulfillment of His blessed Will. Then every immolation, every sacrifice becomes divine; through everything the soul sees Him whom she loves and everything leads her to Him… it is…
Thus you must undertake all things, agreeable or disagreeable, for the sole purpose of pleasing God through them. – St. John of the Cross
Let us make prayer precede our every action. Who is so wise as to be able to decide without counsel? And what counsel is more perfect than that of the Holy Spirit Who communicates Himself to us when we pray? – Bl. M. Josephine of Jesus Crucified