Tuesday, April 6th
Since a double measure of bitterness must follow the doing of your own will, do not do it even though you remain in single bitterness. – St. John of the Cross
Year: 2025
Monday, May 5th
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.…
Sunday, May 4th
They are too attached to their honor. . . . These souls, for the most part, grieve over anything said against them. They do not embrace the cross but drag it along, and so it hurts and wearies them and breaks them to pieces. However, if the cross is loved,…
Friday, May 2nd
Perseverance through all misfortunes confers strength and courage on it (the soul). The painful purification from all sensible desires and pleasures leads it to freedom of spirit in which the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit mature. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, May 1st
I love Him with His own love. It is a double current between He who is and she who is not! -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Tuesday, April 29th
God communicates Himself to the soul in this interior union with a love so intense that the love of a mother who tenderly caresses her child, the love of a brother or the affection of a friend bears no resemblance to it. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, April 28th
Yes, it is true, God can make you a contemplative — through His goodness and mercy; but, in my opinion, one should always take the lowest place, for this is what the Lord told us to do and taught us in deed. Prepare yourself so that God may lead you…
Sunday, April 27th
No one can make me frightened anymore, because I know what to believe about His mercy and His love; I know that, in the twinkling of an eye, all those thousands of sins would be consumed as a drop of water cast into a blazing fire. -St. Therese
Saturday, April 26th
My life is but an instant, an hour that passes by; a single day that slips my grasp and quickly slides away. O well you know, my dearest God, to love you I only have today. -St. Therese
Friday, April 25th
In our spiritual life, whether there is a fog or a thunderstorm, or conversely a very gentle light, we are always dependent on god’s mercy. once it has caught hold of us, it will never let us go. -Bl. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus
Monday, May 5th
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.…
Sunday, May 4th
They are too attached to their honor. . . . These souls, for the most part, grieve over anything said against them. They do not embrace the cross but drag it along, and so it hurts and wearies them and breaks them to pieces. However, if the cross is loved,…
Friday, May 2nd
Perseverance through all misfortunes confers strength and courage on it (the soul). The painful purification from all sensible desires and pleasures leads it to freedom of spirit in which the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit mature. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, May 1st
I love Him with His own love. It is a double current between He who is and she who is not! -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Tuesday, April 29th
God communicates Himself to the soul in this interior union with a love so intense that the love of a mother who tenderly caresses her child, the love of a brother or the affection of a friend bears no resemblance to it. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, April 28th
Yes, it is true, God can make you a contemplative — through His goodness and mercy; but, in my opinion, one should always take the lowest place, for this is what the Lord told us to do and taught us in deed. Prepare yourself so that God may lead you…
Sunday, April 27th
No one can make me frightened anymore, because I know what to believe about His mercy and His love; I know that, in the twinkling of an eye, all those thousands of sins would be consumed as a drop of water cast into a blazing fire. -St. Therese
Saturday, April 26th
My life is but an instant, an hour that passes by; a single day that slips my grasp and quickly slides away. O well you know, my dearest God, to love you I only have today. -St. Therese
Friday, April 25th
In our spiritual life, whether there is a fog or a thunderstorm, or conversely a very gentle light, we are always dependent on god’s mercy. once it has caught hold of us, it will never let us go. -Bl. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus