Saturday, May 30th

I know, too, that our progress has nothing to do with the body, which is the thing that matters least. What the journey which I am referring to demands is great humility, and it is the lack of this, I think, if you see what I mean, which prevents us…

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Thursday, May 28th

It is in prayer that the soul learns to know Jesus and thus to love him. Since love cannot be satisfied with difference but with equality, the result is union in similarity. – St. Teresa de los Andes

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Wednesday, May 27th

When we proceed with all this caution, we find stumbling-blocks everywhere; for we are afraid of everything, and so dare not go farther, as if we could arrive at these Mansions by letting others make the journey for us! -St. Teresa of Avila

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Tuesday, May 26th

These persons are most imperfect and unreasonable; for they set bodily penance before subjection and obedience, which is penance according to reason and discretion, and therefore a sacrifice more acceptable and pleasing to God than any other. -St. John of the Cross

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Monday, May 25th

If I did not suffer from moment to moment, I would not be able to keep patience, but I see only the present moment; I forget the past and take care not to peer into the future. -St. Therese

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Sunday, May 24th

He is always with you, be always with Him, through all your actions, in your sufferings, when your body is exhausted, remain in His sight, see Him present, living in your soul. – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

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Friday, May 22nd

A supernatural soul does not stop to deal with secondary causes, but solely with God. And how life thus becomes simplified! … then the soul is truly great, truly free, for its will is ‘enclosed’ in that of God. – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

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