Friday, February 3rd
To be a child of God, that means to be led by the hand of God, to do the will of God, not one’s own will, to place every care and every hope in the hand of God and not to worry about oneself or one’s future. On this rests…
To be a child of God, that means to be led by the hand of God, to do the will of God, not one’s own will, to place every care and every hope in the hand of God and not to worry about oneself or one’s future. On this rests…
Remember that our sweet Jesus is there in the Tabernacle expressly for you and you alone. Remember that He burns with the desire to enter your heart. Do not listen to the enemy. Laugh him to scorn, and go without fear to receive Jesus, the God of peace and of…
What does it matter if we pray for great things? We are asking it of One Who is all powerful. – St. Teresa of Avila
Other penitential practices and other mortifications are useful only in so far as they promote union with God through Love. – Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection
On earth, the soul can have no other heaven than the will of God. -Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don’t mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions…when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really…
If we live and move in God, it does not seem to me that His company and His love can hinder us from moving and working externally. -St. Teresa Margaret Redi
We must sweeten our minds by charitable thoughts. After that, the practice of patience will become almost natural. – St. Therese
As the tilling of soil is necessary for it’s fruitfulness- untilled soil produces only weeds-mortification of the appetites is a requisite for man’s spiritual fruitfulness. – St. John of the Cross
When one is in the midst of business matters, and in times of persecutions and trials, when one can’t maintain so much quietude, and in times of dryness, Christ is a very good friend…He is company for us. Once we have the habit, it is very easy to find Him…