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)
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
Great in the tenderness and deep the love with which the Eternal Father comforts and exalts the loving soul. -St. John of the Cross
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.…
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
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
…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
That day is lost when there are no struggles to overcome. – St. Teresa of the Andes
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
When I feel nothing, when I am incapable of praying or practicing virtue, then is the moment to look for small occasions, nothings that give Jesus pleasure…a smile or a friendly word, when I would much prefer to say nothing at all. -St. Therese