Friday, February 4th
If you give yourself to prayer, you will attain having God manifest Himself to you, and He will make you fall in love with Him. -St. Teresa de los Andes
If you give yourself to prayer, you will attain having God manifest Himself to you, and He will make you fall in love with Him. -St. Teresa de los Andes
Nothing goes well for me this year. But God is merciful when He burdens us with crosses. -St. Raphael Kalinowski
If the Lord put up with someone as miserable as myself for so long a time…who, no matter how bad they may be, has reason to fear? For no matter how bad they may be, they will not be bad for as many years as I was after having received…
Fear nothing and be ever joyous…The love of God raises us above our weaknesses. It is He who renders us strong and intrepid. – Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
For these are souls who, instead of committing themselves to God and making use of His help, rather hinder God by the indiscretion of their actions or by their resistance; like children who, when their mothers desire to carry them in their arms, start stamping and crying, and insist upon…
Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don’t call prayer—–however much the lips may move. – St. Teresa…
It is well known by experience that, when the will of a man is affectioned to one thing, he prizes it more than any other; although some other thing may be much better, he takes less pleasure in it. And if he wishes to enjoy both, he is bound to…
Let us place all our trust in God, and let us remember that it is of faith that God gives us strength in proportion to the work. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Let’s concern ourselves with our neighbor and with serving him, even though it may be repugnant to do so. In this way we’ll make sure that the throne of our heart is occupied by God our creator. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Whoever lives in the presence of so good a friend and excellent a leader as is Jesus Christ can endure all things. Christ helps us and strengthens us and never fails; he is a true friend…What more do we desire from such a good friend at our side, who will…