Tuesday, May 30th
I assure you that the good Lord is much kinder than you can imagine. -St. Therese
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Monday, May 29th
I see clearly, and since then have always seen, that if we are to please God, and if He is to give us His great graces, everything must pass through the hands of His most sacred humanity, in whom His majesty said that He is well pleased. -St. Teresa of…
Sunday, May 28th
Let us remain quite calm so that however things turn out they will always be to our advantage since God always arranges what is best for us. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Saturday, May 27th
As the earthly body has need of daily bread, so the divine life in us demands continual nourishment. “This is the bread of life come down from heaven.” And each day in us, who make it become our daily bread, is accomplished the mystery of Christmas, the Incarnation of the…
Friday, May 26th
How impossible it is for a soul to judge the things of God aright! To do so it must completely get rid of its desire and pleasures apart from God. -St. John of the Cross
Thursday, May 25th
The relationship of the soul to God as God foresaw it from all eternity as the goal of her (the soul’s) creation, simply cannot be more fittingly designated than as a nuptial bond. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Wednesday, May 24th
…it is not enough for me to give to the one who asks, I ought to anticipate the wish; I should show myself honored by the request for service, and if anything set apart for my use be taken away I should appear glad to be rid of it. -St.…
Tuesday, May 23rd
He should not go seeking after new things which can only satisfy the desires in a superficial manner (and even here cannot satisfy fully) while leaving the spirit weak and empty, without deep inner virtue. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, May 22nd
This is the measure of the holiness of the children of God: to be holy as God, to be holy with the holiness of God: and we do this by living close to Him in the depths of the bottomless abyss within. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Sunday, May 21st
Don’t be terrified by the new life that is opening up to you, for being a child of Mary, she will cover you with her mantle. -St. Teresa of the Andes