Monday, February 3rd
I can boast only of His mercy, and since I cannot cease being what I have been, I have no other remedy than to approach His mercy and to trust in the merits of His Son and of the Virgin, His Mother. – St. Teresa of Avila
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Sunday, February 2nd
The entire trinity rests within us, this whole mystery that will be our vision in Heaven. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Saturday, February 1st
A soul united to Jesus and identified with him can do everything. It seems to me that this can be reached only by prayer. – St. Teresa de los Andes
Friday, January 31st
We should never fear the battle when the good of our neighbor is involved. – St. Therese
Thursday, January 30th
Now let us talk about the detachment we ought to have, for detachment, if it is practiced with perfection, includes everything. I say it includes everything because if we embrace the Creator and care not at all for the whole of creation, His Majesty will infuse the virtues. Doing little…
Wednesday, January 29th
Perfection does not lie in the virtues that the soul knows it has, but in the virtues that our Lord sees in it. This is a closed book; hence one has no reason for presumption, but must remain prostrate on the ground with respect to self. – St. John of…
Tuesday, January 28th
True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction, the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes. – St. Therese
Monday, January 27th
Oh, how powerful over souls is the apostle who remains always at the Spring of living waters; then he can overflow without his soul becoming empty, since he lives in communion with the Infinite! -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Sunday, January 26th
Nothing shows forth the love which the Heart of God bears for us as does the Eucharist. It means union, consummation, He in us and we in Him. Is not that heaven on earth, heaven in faith, while we await the face to face vision for which we so yearn?…
Saturday, January 25th
To endure all things with a calm and untroubled mind not only brings many blessings to the soul, but also enables us to have clear judgement about them, and to take appropriate steps for their betterment. -St. John of the Cross