O that someone would teach us how to understand, practice and feel what is involved in the profound lesson of self-denial given by our Lord himself, so that religious people may see how different their conduct ought to be from that which many of them think to be right! -St.…
O my God, fill my soul with holy joy, courage and strength to serve You. Enkindle Your love in me and then walk with me along the next stretch of road before me. I do not see very far ahead, but when I have arrived where the horizon now closes…
It is the nature of things that before a decisive step, one thinks over what one is leaving and what one is going to face. It must be like that: one places oneself in the hands of God, without any human certainty, in order to relish a truer and more…
I cannot say I love suffering in itself, but I love it because it conforms me to Him who is my Bridegroom and my Love. Oh, you see, that bestows such sweet peace, such profound joy on the soul, and you end up putting your happiness in everything that is…
Today I felt annihilated, but I held my crucifix tightly and I only told Him: “I love You.” – St. Teresa de los Andes
We will be glorified in the measure in which we will have been conformed to the image of His divine Son. So let us contemplate this adored Image, let us remain unceasingly under its radiance so that it may imprint itself on us. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
The soul who places her hope in God has nothing to fear, because He will overcome all her obstacles and all her difficulties. -St. Teresa de los Andes
Forgetting yourself with respect to your health does not mean neglecting to take care of yourself, for that is your duty and the best of penances, but do it with great abandonment, saying ‘thank you’ to God no matter what happens. When your soul is burdened and fatigued by the…
In the measure in which the God-man is known, one goes on loving Him with madness. Id’ like you to know this so you may truly fall in love with Him. How can we not love that Jesus with all our soul? He who is uncreated Beauty; He is eternal…
On another day the Lord told me this: Do you think, daughter that merit lies in enjoyment? No, rather it lies in working and suffering and loving…When you see My Mother holding Me in her arms, don’t think she enjoyed those consolations without heavy torment. From the time Simeon spoke…