Wednesday, August 11th
Only by means of faith in divine light exceeding all understanding does God manifest Himself to the soul. The more intense a man’s faith, the closer is His union with God. – St. John of the Cross
Month: August 2021
Tuesday, August 10th
Jesus is a hidden treasure which few souls can find, for it is hidden and the world loves what sparkles. – St. Therese
Monday, August 9th
Though I still had as keen an eye for the human weaknesses of others, I no longer made it an instrument for striking them at their most vulnerable point, but, rather, for protecting them. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Sunday, August 8th
God is my heaven here below. I live with him. Even when I am walking, we speak together without being interrupted by anyone. If you would know him enough, you would love him. If you would stay with him for one hour, you would know heaven on earth. – St.…
Saturday, August 7th
When a soul is happy, living in close union with God, so as to make its life an intimate friendship with the Divine Master, when it knows how to find Him in its inmost depths, then it is never lonely again, and it feels the need of solitude in order…
Friday, August 6th
God is love, and love is goodness giving itself away. It is a fullness of being that does not want to remain enclosed in itself, but rather to share itself with others, to give itself to them and to make them happy. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, August 5th
That is not true virtue which does not suffer a real test through opposition. – St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi
Wednesday, August 4th
The sum of perfection: forgetfulness of creation, remembrance of the creator, attention to what is within and to be loving the beloved. – St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, August 3rd
Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked, for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult. – St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, August 2nd
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life, which is short and has to be lived by you alone; and there is only one Glory, which is eternal. If you do this, there will be many things…
Tuesday, August 10th
Jesus is a hidden treasure which few souls can find, for it is hidden and the world loves what sparkles. – St. Therese
Monday, August 9th
Though I still had as keen an eye for the human weaknesses of others, I no longer made it an instrument for striking them at their most vulnerable point, but, rather, for protecting them. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Sunday, August 8th
God is my heaven here below. I live with him. Even when I am walking, we speak together without being interrupted by anyone. If you would know him enough, you would love him. If you would stay with him for one hour, you would know heaven on earth. – St.…
Saturday, August 7th
When a soul is happy, living in close union with God, so as to make its life an intimate friendship with the Divine Master, when it knows how to find Him in its inmost depths, then it is never lonely again, and it feels the need of solitude in order…
Friday, August 6th
God is love, and love is goodness giving itself away. It is a fullness of being that does not want to remain enclosed in itself, but rather to share itself with others, to give itself to them and to make them happy. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, August 5th
That is not true virtue which does not suffer a real test through opposition. – St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi
Wednesday, August 4th
The sum of perfection: forgetfulness of creation, remembrance of the creator, attention to what is within and to be loving the beloved. – St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, August 3rd
Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked, for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult. – St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, August 2nd
Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life, which is short and has to be lived by you alone; and there is only one Glory, which is eternal. If you do this, there will be many things…