Tuesday, November 10th
Since we are all members of one body, inasmuch as we have an abundance of divine life, we can communicate it in the great body of the Church. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Since we are all members of one body, inasmuch as we have an abundance of divine life, we can communicate it in the great body of the Church. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
God cannot inspire unrealistic desires. – St. Therese
You will ask me perhaps how we are to glorify Him. It is very simple…cling closely to the will of this adorable Master. Look upon everything, every suffering and every joy, as coming straight from Him and your life will be a continual communion since everything will be, as it…
For when the sensory delight and gratification coming from things are quenched, neither the devil, nor the world, nor sensuality has arms or power against the spirit. – St. John of the Cross
Love attracts love, mine rushes forth unto You, it would fain fill up the abyss which attracts it; but alas! It is not even as one drop of dew lost in the Ocean, to love You as You love me I must borrow Your very Love – then only, can…
I saw that when God took away from me all that seemed to be leading me to Him, it was only to give Himself even more. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
No one can make me frightened anymore, because I know what to believe about His mercy and His love; I know that, in the twinkling of an eye, all those thousands of sins would be consumed as a drop of water cast into a blazing fire. -St. Therese
The most profound expression we can give to faith is to set aside an inviolable time each day, no matter how short, when we deliberately affirm God’s absolute love for me here and now and that we stay there in blind trusting faith, receiving it. – Ruth Burrows
What would it matter were I to remain in purgatory until judgment day if through my prayer I could save even one soul? How much less would it matter if my prayer is to the advantage of many and for the honor of the Lord. Pay no attention to sufferings…
Oh how desirable is this union with God’s will! Happy is the soul that has reached it. Such a soul will live tranquilly in this life, and in the next as well. Nothing in earthly events afflicts it unless it finds itself in some danger of losing God or sees…