Saturday, June 24th
The more God gives the more He makes us desire, until we are empty and He is able to fill us with good things. -St. John of the Cross
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Friday, June 23rd
I am the happiest creature in the world. God is infinite joy. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Thursday, June 22nd
Be therefore earnest in prayer, and hope in detachment and emptiness. Your good will not be long in coming. -St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, June 21st
I know, too, that our progress has nothing to do with the body, which is the thing that matters least. What the journey which I am referring to demands is great humility, and it is the lack of this, I think, if you see what I mean, which prevents us…
Tuesday, June 20th
If a man is moved to love God apart from any sweetness he feels, he is already focusing his love upon God, who he does not feel. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, June 19th
In what does true poverty consist? It is to not even possess our own will, in being detached from our own judgement. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Sunday, June 18th
Never fear that the Lord Who invites us to drink of the fountain will allow us to die of thirst. -St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, June 17th
Our good God ardently desires to give us the great treasure of His love; but He wants us to ask Him for it insistently, and to act in such a way that each work we perform will be a request for this love. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Friday, June 16th
Many of these beginners …feel an aversion toward adapting their will to God’s. Hence they frequently believe that what is not their will, or brings them no satisfaction, is not God’s will, and, on the other hand, that if they are satisfied, God is too. They measure God by themselves…
Thursday, June 15th
In all things I shall be content, knowing that the route I travel leads to Calvary. The thornier the path, the heavier the cross, the more consoled I shall be, because I desire to love you with a suffering love, a selfless love, an active love, with a firm, undivided,…