Tuesday, May 29th
More than ever, I understand that the smallest events of our life are conducted by God; He is the One who makes us desire and who grants our desires. -St. Therese
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Monday, May 28th
The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him. – St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, May 27th
You will ask me perhaps how we are to glorify Him. It is very simple…cling closely to the will of this adorable Master. Look upon everything, every suffering and every joy, as coming straight from Him and your life will be a continual communion since everything will be, as it…
Saturday, May 26th
If a person has more patience in suffering and more forbearance in going without satisfaction, it is a sign that he is more proficient in virtue. – St. John of the Cross
Friday, May 25th
A soul which thus permits the divine Being to satisfy in itself His need to communicate “all that He is and all that He has,” is in reality the praise of glory of all His gifts. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Thursday, May 24th
…it is hardly possible to think individually of every intention that is recommended to me from so many different sides. All one can do is to try to live the life one has chosen with ever greater fidelity and purity in order to offer it up as an acceptable sacrifice…
Wednesday, May 23rd
This sweetness and trace of himself that God leaves in the soul greatly lightens her and makes her run after him. For then the soul does very little or nothing of her own in order to advance on this road; rather, she is moved and attracted by the divine footprints,…
Tuesday, May 22nd
O you souls who wish to go on with so much safety and consolation, if you knew how pleasing to God is suffering, and how much it helps in acquiring other good things, you would never seek consolation in anything; but you would rather look upon it as a great…
Monday, May 21st
When evening comes and a backward glance shows us that we have not finished even a minimum part of the work that we had planned and that much remains incomplete, when so many things provoke shame and sorrow, then let us take everything as it is and place it in…
Sunday, May 20th
Do not…be downcast if you have not responded immediately to Our Lord’s voice, for His Majesty is willing to wait for us many a day and even many a year, especially when He sees perseverance and good desires in our hearts. – St. Teresa of Avila