Sunday, July 14th
True I am not always faithful, but I do not get discouraged. I place myself in the arms of the Lord and He teaches me to “draw profit from everything, good or bad, that He finds in me.” -St. Therese
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Saturday, July 13th
As soon as you try to please Him in everything and have an unshakable trust He purifies you every moment in His love and He lets no sin remain. -St. Therese
Friday, July 12th
I have made more acts of faith during the past year than in all the rest of my life. Whenever my enemy provokes me to combat, I try to behave like a gallant soldier. Aware that a duel is an act of cowardice, I turn my back on the foe…
Thursday, July 11th
When you are burdened you are close to God, your strength, who abides with the afflicted. When you are relieved of the burden you are close to yourself, your own weakness; for virtue and strength of soul grow and are confirmed in the trials of patience. – St. John of…
Wednesday, July 10th
Here there is no more to do than surrender our intellects and reflect that they are of no avail when it comes to understanding the grandeurs of God. -St. Teresa of Avila
Tuesday, July 9th
The soul should firmly resolve never to submit to defeat, for if the devil sees it staunchly determined to lose life and comfort and all that he can offer, rather than return to the first mansion, he will the sooner leave it alone. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, July 8th
The soul that is quick to turn to speaking and conversing is slow to turn to God. – St. John of the Cross
Sunday, July 7th
Let nothing disturb you, be it good or bad. Give up everything else except your peace of mind. When you feel restless, sad, sorrowful and embittered, look for the cause, and if it is not worth being sorry about (and nothing that does not offend God is worth being sorry…
Saturday, July 6th
It is not the soul that makes the progress, but it is Christ, who carries her as a child is carried. -Bl. Mary of Jesus of Toledo, OCD
Friday, July 5th
God deliver us from spiritual people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may. It would be a bad business for us if we could not seek God until we were dead to the world. Neither Magdalene, nor the woman of Samaria,…