Sunday, January 15th
…my prayer is quite powerless, but I possess within me the Holy One of God, the Great Supplicant, and that is the prayer I am offering… -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
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Saturday, January 14th
Not all the faculties and senses have to be employed in things, but only those which are required; as for the others leave them unoccupied for God. -St.John of the Cross
Friday, January 13th
We carry our heaven within us, since He who completely satisfies every longing of the glorified souls in the light of the Beatific Vision, is giving Himself to us in faith and mystery. -St. Elizabeth of theTrinity
Thursday, January 12th
Only the person who renounces self-importance, who no longer struggles to defend or assert himself, can be large enough for God’s boundless action. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Wednesday, January 11th
God would have you keep back nothing from Him, little or great. He will have it all; in proportion to what you know you have given will your reward be great or small. – St. Teresa of Avila
Tuesday, January 10th
What do you think serving God involves other than avoiding evil, keeping His commandments, and being occupied with the things of God as best we can? When this is had, what need is there of other apprehensions or other lights and satisfactions from this source or that. -St. John of…
Monday, January 9th
To belong wholly to God, to give oneself to Him, to His service, for love, this is the vocation, not only of all the elect but of every Christian; whether consecrated or not, man or woman. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Sunday, January 8th
On another occasion when I was engaged in the laundry, the Sister opposite to me, who was washing handkerchiefs, kept splashing me continually with dirty water. My first impulse was to draw back and wipe my face in order to show her that I wanted her to be more careful.…
Saturday, January 7th
You will never be commonplace if you are vigilant in love! But in the hours when you feel only oppression and lassitude, you will please Him even more if you faithfully believe that He is still working, that He is loving you just the same, and even more: because His…
Friday, January 6th
For years I have not belonged to myself, I have surrendered myself wholly to Jesus, and He is free to do with me whatsoever He pleases. -St. Therese