Friday, February 26th
I know quite well all you are suffering. I know your anguish, and I share it. Oh! if I could but impart to you the peace which Jesus has put into my soul amid my most bitter tears. Be comforted – all passes away. -St. Therese
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Thursday, February 25th
What ineffable joy to carry our cross feebly. – St. Therese
Wednesday, February 24th
Just as the Prophet did not hear the voice of God in the storm, but in the gentle breeze, so the heart of the spiritual person must not be shaken by the storm, but must listen for God’s voice in the silence of its own interior. – Bl. Titus Brandsma
Tuesday, February 23rd
David also said that clouds and darkness are near God and surround him [Ps. 18:11], not because this is true in itself, but because it appears thus to our weak intellects, which in being unable to attain so bright a light are blinded and darkened. – St. John of the…
Monday, February 22nd
Those who practice prayer should have a special affection for him (St. Joseph) always. I do not know how anyone can think of the Queen of the Angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Child Jesus, without giving thanks to Saint Joseph for the way he…
Sunday, February 21st
Why fear to offer yourself as a victim to God’s Merciful Love? If it were to His Divine Justice you might have reason to fear, but the Merciful Love will have pity on your weakness and will treat you with tenderest mercy. – St. Therese
Friday, February 19th
The soul that is quick to turn to speaking and conversing is slow to turn to God. – St. John of the Cross
Thursday, February 18th
For this reason, the purer, simpler, and more perfect the general knowledge is, the darker it seems to be and the less the intellect perceives. – St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, February 17th
It is good to serve God in darkness and trial! We have only this life to live by faith. -St. Therese
Monday, February 15th
We must apply ourselves continually to the end that all our actions may be little spontaneous conversations with God, coming from purity and simplicity of heart. – Br. Lawrence