Tuesday, October 8th
Oh, if you knew how necessary suffering is so God’s work can be done in the soul… – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
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Monday, October 7th
Because we are so miserable, we become attached to sensible fervor, to experiencing the love of God sensibly, and often we go to prayer in search of the sensible consolation of God but not for God Himself. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Sunday, October 6th
We must enter continually more deeply into the Divine Being by means of recollection. ‘I press on’ cried St Paul (Phil. 3:14). Thus, every day we must go down deeper along the path of the abyss that is God, letting ourselves slide down the slope in a confidence that is…
Friday, October 4th
What did You possess, my Lord, but trials, sufferings, and dishonor?…In sum, my God, it does not fit those of us who want to be your true children, and hold on to their inheritance, to flee suffering. Your heraldry consists of five wounds. – St. Teresa of Avila
Thursday, October 3rd
He shall tire more quickly of making me wait than I shall tire of waiting for Him. – St. Therese
Wednesday, October 2nd
Merit is not to be found in doing much or in giving much, but rather in receiving and in loving much. It is said that it is far sweeter to give than to receive, and this is true. But when Jesus wants for Himself the sweetness of giving, it would…
Tuesday, October 1st
If we abandon ourselves, and place our confidence in God, while making every small effort and hoping for everything from His mercy, we shall be rewarded as much as the greatest saints. -St. Therese
Monday, September 30th
The safest way is to want only what God wants. He knows more than we ourselves do, and He loves us. Let us place ourselves in His hands so that His will may be done in us, and we cannot err if with a determined will we always maintain this…
Sunday, September 29th
Thus if you should at times fall, don’t become discouraged and stop striving to advance. For even from this fall God will draw out some good… – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, September 28th
… the soul (possessing a will the more generous and free the more it is united with God) gives to God, God himself in God; and this is a true and complete gift of the soul to God. -St. John of the Cross