Wednesday, November 10th
The greatest of all is that he has shown me my littleness and how, of myself, I am incapable of anything good. – St. Therese
The greatest of all is that he has shown me my littleness and how, of myself, I am incapable of anything good. – St. Therese
To live hidden in Christ it is necessary to die to self. – St. Teresa de los Andes
A supernatural soul does not stop to deal with secondary causes, but solely with God. And how life thus becomes simplified! … then the soul is truly great, truly free, for its will is ‘enclosed’ in that of God. – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Silence is precious; by keeping silence and knowing how to listen to God, the soul grows in wisdom and God teaches it what it cannot learn from men. – Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . . . The pain of genuine humility doesn’t agitate or afflict the soul; rather, this humility expands it and enables it to serve God more. – St. Teresa of…
But when souls are worn out from many years of meditation and of having sought this Bridegroom, and most weary of worldly things, they sit under the shadow of Truth, they do not seek their comfort or calm or rest anywhere except where they understand they can truly have it.…
It is greatly to be lamented that, when God has granted them strength to break other and stouter cords– namely, affections for sins and vanities — they should fail to attain to such blessing because they have not shaken off some childish thing which God had bidden them conquer for…
God takes care of the affairs of those who truly love Him without their having to be anxious about them. -St. John of the Cross
Be fervent therefore in your spiritual progress, for you shall shortly receive the reward of your labours; and then grief and fear shall no more come near you. – St. Therese
Perhaps all the graces that I have received in abundance have come to me through the prayers of some little soul whom I shall know only in heaven! – St. Therese