Monday, August 24th
In my Little Way there are only very ordinary things. – St. Therese
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Sunday, August 23rd
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that. -St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, August 22nd
It frequently needs only a word or a smile to impart fresh life to a despondent soul. Yet it is not merely in the hope of bringing consolation that I wish to be kind; if it were, I should soon be discouraged, for often well-intentioned words are totally misunderstood. Consequently,…
Friday, August 21st
And should by chance you do not know Where to find Me, Do not go here and there; But if you wish to find Me, In yourself seek Me. Soul, since you are My room, My house and dwelling, If at any time, Through your distracted ways I find the…
Thursday, August 20th
His Majesty, in saying that the soul is made in His own image, makes it almost impossible for us to understand the sublime dignity and beauty of the soul. – St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, August 19th
Through this humility acquired by means of self-knowledge, individuals are purged of all those imperfections of the vice of pride into which they fell in the time of their prosperity. Aware of their own dryness and wretchedness, the thought of their being more advanced than others does not even occur…
Tuesday, August 18th
The soul loses itself, making no account whatever of itself but of the Beloved, resigning itself freely into His hands without any self-seeking. It holds everything of no value unless it serves the beloved. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, August 17th
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…
Sunday, August 16th
But God also, by means of this dark and dry night of contemplation, supernaturally instructs in his divine wisdom the soul that is empty and unhindered. -St. John of the Cross
Saturday, August 15th
I only think that the soul comes out of the crucible like gold, more refined and purified, so as to see the Lord within itself. So afterward these trials that seemed unbearable become small. – St. Teresa of Avila