Wednesday, May 11th
Kindness is my only guiding star. In its light, I sail a straight route, I have my motto written on my sail: “To live in love.” – St. Therese
Kindness is my only guiding star. In its light, I sail a straight route, I have my motto written on my sail: “To live in love.” – St. Therese
Oh, then soul most beautiful among all creatures, so anxious to know the dwelling place of your Beloved so you may go in search of him and be united with him, now we are telling you that you yourself are his dwelling and his secret inner room and hiding place.…
… When there is union of love, the image of the Beloved is so sketched in the will and drawn so vividly, that it is true to say that the Beloved lives in the lover and the lover in the Beloved…The reason is, that in the union and transformation of…
God…never tires of waiting for some people, enlightening them only little by little, so I was careful not to rush things. – St. Therese
If you are willing to bear in peace the trial of not being pleased with yourself, you will be offering the Divine Master a home in your heart. It is true that you will suffer, because you will be like a stranger to your own house; but do not be…
Never fail to keep your heart at peace and in tender love, ready to suffer as things present themselves. -St. John of the Cross
I realize better than ever before how tender and merciful Our Lord is; He has sent me this cross when I am capable of bearing it, whereas before I should have given way to discouragement. – St. Therese
Love can accomplish all things. Things that are ‘most impossible’ become very easy where love is at work. -St. Therese
Suffering is the way to heaven. In the cross is salvation, in the cross is victory. God willed it so. He Himself assumed the obligation of suffering in view of the glory of redemption. St. Paul makes it clear to us how all the disasters of this earthly life are…
The soul must be attached to nothing, whether of sense or spirit, which would introduce noise into the deep silence. The voice of God speaks to the heart in this secret place, in utmost peace and tranquility. -St. John of the Cross