Wednesday, May 15th
We cannot see Christ and remain as we are. We cannot exchange a look with Christ and not be overcome with a total conversion. – Pere Jacques, OCD
We cannot see Christ and remain as we are. We cannot exchange a look with Christ and not be overcome with a total conversion. – Pere Jacques, OCD
There is no time (Communion) when I have less consolation-yet this is not to be wondered at, since it is not for my own satisfaction that I desire to receive Our Lord but solely to give Him pleasure. – St. Therese
We have always seen that those who were closest to Christ our Lord were those with the greatest trials. Let us look at what His glorious Mother suffered as well as the glorious apostles. – St. Teresa of Avila
Speak to the Most Holy Virgin heart to heart. When you feel lonely, gaze at her and you will see her smiling and saying to you, “Your mother never leaves you alone.” – St. Teresa of the Andes
If God is in us, and if God is love, it is inevitable that we be brothers; because love of our neighbor is the measure of our love for God. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Every step in our life ought to tend to bring us closer to God and to bring our neighbor at least a little bit of happiness. – St. Raphael Kalinowski
Feed not your spirit on anything but God. Cast off concern about things, and bear peace and recollection in your heart. – St. John of the Cross
Let us live with God as with a friend, let us make our faith a living faith in order to be in communion with Him through everything, for that is what makes saints. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Here there is no more to do than surrender our intellects and reflect that they are of no avail when it comes to understanding the grandeurs of God. -St.Teresa of Avila
Lay all your cares about the future trustingly in God’s hands, and let yourself be guided by the Lord just like a little child… -St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)