Sunday, February 24th
In all our necessities, trials, and difficulties, no better or safer aid exists for us than prayer and hope that God will provide for us by the means He desires. -St. John of the Cross
In all our necessities, trials, and difficulties, no better or safer aid exists for us than prayer and hope that God will provide for us by the means He desires. -St. John of the Cross
Does He not see our anguish and the burden that weighs us down? Why does He not come and comfort us? …He knows that it is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself, and to become ourselves Divine! -St. Therese
One fall is not sufficient for a person to be lost nor are many, if they love You and not the things of the world. They journey in the valley of humility. I cannot understand what it is that makes people afraid of setting out on the road of perfection.…
Since I have no other desire than to unite myself to the heart of Jesus, for that reason I try to keep up my effort in the practice of those virtues that can render me a true copy of my dear God. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
O Mary, anyone who looks at you is comforted in any anxiety or tribulation or pain, and is victorious over any temptation. Anyone who does not know something about God, let him have recourse to you, O Mary. – St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, OCD
Look upwards. There is a Father up there who is looking out for us. – Bl. Titus Brandsma
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