When Jesus made in me His dwelling place, When God took possession of my heart, So well that since that hour, Since that mysterious colloquy, That divine and delicious meeting, I have aspired to nothing else but to give my life In order to return a bit of His great…
God is hidden within the soul, and the true contemplative will seek Him there in love. -St. John of the Cross
Let us avoid all display; let us love our lowliness; let us be affected by nothing. Then we shall be poor in spirit and Jesus will come to seek us. -St. Therese
Then Our Lord said: “Ah, my daughter, they are few who love me in truth; for if men loved me, I should not hide my secrets from them. Do you know what is to love me in truth? It is to admit everything to be a lie which is not…
I do not propose, O my God, to have any other motive in any of my actions, whether they be exterior or interior, than love alone; I shall check myself in this constantly by recalling that I must strive to return love for love. -St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Do not accept anything as the truth if it lacks love. And do not accept anything as love which lacks truth! One without the other becomes a destructive lie. -St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
I go to him as a baby goes to his mother so that he can fill me and invade all and take me in his arms. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
One can only gain a scientia crucis (knowledge of the cross) if one has thoroughly experienced the cross. I have been convinced of this from the first moment onwards and have said with all my heart: ‘Ave, Crux, Spes unica’ (I welcome you, Cross, our only hope). -St. Teresa Benedicta
The more we love, the more we need sacrifice and the more we ardently desire it. – St. Teresa de los Andes