Tuesday, July 31st
We are like so many foolish peasant lads: we think we know something of Thee, yet it must be comparatively nothing, for there are profound secrets even in ourselves of which we know naught. -St. Teresa of Avila
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Monday, July 30th
The bread of life that we need each day to augment eternal life in us renders our will a docile instrument of the divine will, establishes in us the kingdom of God, and purifies our lips and heart to glorify His holy name. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Sunday, July 29th
How good Jesus is to give me His cross; thus can I show Him my love, and live in unending Communion with Him. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Saturday, July 28th
Great in the tenderness and deep the love with which the Eternal Father comforts and exalts the loving soul. -St. John of the Cross
Friday, July 27th
Knowing, O my God, that my sins made Your cross so heavy that You had to sink beneath it, this makes me even more convinced that I must carry my cross together with You and that I should not shy away from it, even should I sink beneath its weight.…
Thursday, July 26th
Be convinced that where humility is truly present, God will give a peace and conformity — even though He may never give consolations — by which one will walk with greater contentment than will others with their consolations. – St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, July 25th
If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future. – St. Therese
Tuesday, July 24th
…we are more secure against self-love and self-seeking when we represent our necessity instead of asking for what we think we need. – St. John of the Cross
Monday, July 23rd
That day is lost when there are no struggles to overcome. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Sunday, July 22nd
You must not set yourself up as a judge-that is God’s right alone-your only mission is to be an angel of peace. – St. Therese