Monday, June 17th
If individuals resolutely submit to carrying the cross, if they decidedly want to find and endure trial in all things for God, they will discover in all of them great relief and sweetness. -St. John of the Cross
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Sunday, June 16th
O Lord, give me all that leads me to You. O Lord, take everything that diverts me from You. O Lord, wrest me from myself and give me wholly to You. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, June 13th
We must dig deeply in Christ. He is like a rich mine with many pockets containing treasures: however deep we dig we will never find their end or their limit. Indeed, in every pocket new seams of fresh riches are discovered on all sides. – St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, June 12th
I am convinced that God does not call anyone solely for Himself, and moreover when He is pleased to accept the offering of a soul He is prodigal of demonstrations of love. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Tuesday, June 11th
The poorer and more miserable I am, so much the more am I rich and strong in God. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Monday, June 10th
Jesus is love. He loves us with an infinite love and at the same time with a human love. What joy it is to know that we are never strangers to him. – Bl. Fr. Marie-Eugene
Sunday, June 9th
In doubts, in temptations, where can I take refuge if Thou, O good Jesus, will not open Thy Heart to me? Take everything from me, but do not let me be deprived of Thee! – St. Raphael of St. Joseph
Saturday, June 8th
There is no way to catch in words the sublime things of God…The appropriate language for the person receiving these favors is that he understand them, experience them within himself, enjoy them, and be silent. – St. John of the Cross
Friday, June 7th
…if you see a person praised, the Lord wants you to be much happier than if you yourself were being praised. This, indeed, is easy, for if you have humility you will feel sorry to see yourself praised. But this happiness that comes when the virtues of the Sisters are…
Thursday, June 6th
He teaches during the brief moments we spend in prayer; however lukewarm these moments may be, God esteems them highly. – St. Teresa of Avila