Wednesday, January 27th
God stoops down to our nothingness and transforms that nothingness into fire. -St. Therese
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Tuesday, January 26th
Forget your self-interests for theirs, however much they rebel: when opportunity occurs take some burden upon yourself to ease your neighbor of it. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, January 25th
I am happy and shall never cease to be so because I belong to my God. At every moment I find in him my heaven and an eternal and immutable love. I don’t desire anything but him and this love grows in my soul inasmuch I see myself introduced in…
Sunday, January 24th
For You, O divine life, never kill unless to give life, never wound unless to heal. – St. John of the Cross
Saturday, January 23rd
Our work in the midst of others will be efficacious and blessed by God only if we do not yield even one centimeter of the sure ground of our faith, and if we follow our conscience without letting ourselves be influenced by human respect. – St. Teresa Benedicta
Friday, January 22nd
Since, O my God, You inspire me to make myself like You in everything, as much as I can, I want particularly to imitate You in those virtues that are so pleasing to Your most loving Heart, namely: humility, meekness, and obedience. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Thursday, January 21st
…Sunday must be a great door through which celestial life can enter into everyday life, and strength for the work of the entire week, and how the great feasts, holidays, and seasons of lent, lived though in the spirit of the Church permit the soul to mature the more from…
Wednesday, January 20th
O my powerful God, how sublime are Your secrets, and how different spiritual things are from all that is visible and understandable here below. – St. Teresa of Avila
Tuesday, January 19th
Do not…be downcast if you have not responded immediately to Our Lord’s voice, for His Majesty is willing to wait for us many a day and even many a year, especially when He sees perseverance and good desires in our hearts. – St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, January 18th
I keep my eyes fixed on eternity and in this way I obtain constancy in the vortex of city life, freedom in social relations, and a merry heart. – St. Raphael Kalinowski, OCD