Sunday, May 25th

We are miserable and fall at every step. We are children who don’t even know how to talk. Why doesn’t Jesus become angry with our falls that are caused by our ignorance and our weakness? Never allow discouragement to enter your heart. -St. Teresa de los Andes

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Saturday, May 24th

I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me.…

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Friday, May 23rd

Although neo-paganism no longer wants love, history teaches us that, in spite of everything, we will conquer this neo-paganism with love. We shall not give up on love. Love will gain back for us the hearts of these pagans. -St. Titus Brandsma

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Thursday, May 22nd

Mary, a sublime woman is, like us, what she became through the grace and goodness of God. It is true that by the will of God she was chosen by a special grace, but she responded to it without the slightest hint of hesitation and allowed herself to be taken…

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Monday, May 19th

Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you. – St. John of the Cross

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Sunday, May 18th

Our created essence cries out to rejoin its Principle. The Word, the Splendour of the Father, is the eternal prototype on which creatures are designed on the day of their creation. That is why God wills that, having been freed from what is purely of self, we shall stretch out…

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Saturday, May 17th

If through my intercession I could play a part in getting a soul to love and praise God more, even if it be for just a short time, I think that would matter more to me than being in glory. – St. Teresa of Avila

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Friday, May 16th

If the inordinate love increases, then, as will be seen, the soul will grow cold in the love of God, and owing to the recollection of that other love, forget Him- not without the feeling of some remorse of conscience. On the other hand, as the love of God increases,…

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