Friday, July 5th
To live in accord with the Eucharist means to let go of one’s own body voluntarily and grow into the broad expanse of life in Christ. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
To live in accord with the Eucharist means to let go of one’s own body voluntarily and grow into the broad expanse of life in Christ. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
First, have a habitual desire to imitate Christ in all your deeds by bringing your life into conformity with His. You must then study His life in order to know how to imitate Him and behave in all events as He would. – St. John of the Cross
If you knew how good it is to love God and give Him what He asks, above all when it costs us something, you would not be so slow to listen to me. At first you will be aware only of the sacrifice, but later you will experience a delightful…
The great proof of holiness is not to not have temptations or weariness, but to always go on, to react, to climb towards God. -Pere Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, OCD
God highly esteems these works…done for him in aridity and hardship, for by such means the virtues and gifts are acquired in a high degree. Those acquired through this labor are for the most part more select, refined, and stable than if they were obtained with spiritual relish and enjoyment,…
What does it matter if I fall at every moment! In that way I realize my weakness, and the gain is considerable. My God, You see how little I am good for, away from Your divine arms; and if You leave me alone, well, it is because it pleases You…
We look at ourselves too much … we do not have enough trust in Him who enfolds us in His love. We must not stand in front of our cross and examine it in itself, but withdrawing into the light of faith,we must rise above it and consider that it…
…You (Jesus) crown the intense desire to do a work, where there is no possibility of doing it, more than a work done without the desire. And if Your work will not be accomplished, it will not be for this reason, that is not Your will, but because there is…
If God gives Himself to us at every moment with infinite love, is it not becoming that we, miserable creatures, give ourselves to Him with all our being, so that all our works are directed to Him with all the intensity of love of which are capable? -St. Teresa of…
When you feel as if you are about to lose your patience, or say something uncharitable, bring yourself back to Him. Let go of this natural inclination in order to please Him. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity