Monday, September 12th
It seemed to me impossible, my Lord, to abandon You so completely. And since I did forsake You so many times, I cannot but fear. For when You withdrew from me, I fell to the ground. – St. Teresa of Avila
Year: 2022
Sunday, September 11th
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love. – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, September 10th
What did You possess, my Lord, but trials, sufferings, and dishonor?…In sum, my God, it does not fit those of us who want to be your true children, and hold on to their inheritance, to flee suffering. Your heraldry consists of five wounds. – St. Teresa of Avila
Friday, September 9th
In the patience and forbearance practiced in these voids and aridities, and through perseverance in its spiritual exercises without consolation or satisfaction, the soul practices the love of God, since it is no longer motivated by the attractive and savory gratification it finds in its work, but only by God.…
Thursday, September 8th
Since God is love, that which He creates to His image is love, and the relationship between Father and Son is but the loving gift of self and union in Love. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Wednesday, September 7th
Let us remain quite calm so that however things turn out they will always be to our advantage since God always arranges what is best for us. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Tuesday, September 6th
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
Monday, September 5th
If, while He went about in the world, the sick were healed merely by touching His clothes, how can we doubt that He will work miracles when He is within us, if we have faith, or that He will give us what we ask of Him since He is in…
Sunday, September 4th
Lord, give us light; behold, the need is greater than with the man born blind, for he wanted to see the light and couldn’t. Now, Lord, there is no desire to see. Oh, how incurable an illness! Here, my God, is where Your power must be demonstrated; here, Your mercy.…
Saturday, September 3rd
True spirituality seeks for bitterness rather than sweetness in God, inclines to suffering rather than consolation. It knows that this is to follow Christ and deny self, while the other course is perhaps nothing but seeking oneself in God, which is the very opposite of love. -St. John of the…
Sunday, September 11th
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love. – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, September 10th
What did You possess, my Lord, but trials, sufferings, and dishonor?…In sum, my God, it does not fit those of us who want to be your true children, and hold on to their inheritance, to flee suffering. Your heraldry consists of five wounds. – St. Teresa of Avila
Friday, September 9th
In the patience and forbearance practiced in these voids and aridities, and through perseverance in its spiritual exercises without consolation or satisfaction, the soul practices the love of God, since it is no longer motivated by the attractive and savory gratification it finds in its work, but only by God.…
Thursday, September 8th
Since God is love, that which He creates to His image is love, and the relationship between Father and Son is but the loving gift of self and union in Love. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Wednesday, September 7th
Let us remain quite calm so that however things turn out they will always be to our advantage since God always arranges what is best for us. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Tuesday, September 6th
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
Monday, September 5th
If, while He went about in the world, the sick were healed merely by touching His clothes, how can we doubt that He will work miracles when He is within us, if we have faith, or that He will give us what we ask of Him since He is in…
Sunday, September 4th
Lord, give us light; behold, the need is greater than with the man born blind, for he wanted to see the light and couldn’t. Now, Lord, there is no desire to see. Oh, how incurable an illness! Here, my God, is where Your power must be demonstrated; here, Your mercy.…
Saturday, September 3rd
True spirituality seeks for bitterness rather than sweetness in God, inclines to suffering rather than consolation. It knows that this is to follow Christ and deny self, while the other course is perhaps nothing but seeking oneself in God, which is the very opposite of love. -St. John of the…