So, my Sisters, since in some way we can enjoy heaven on earth, be brave in begging the Lord to give us His grace in such a way that nothing will be lacking through our own fault; that He show us the way and strengthen the soul that it may…
Faith is the way that traverses the night leading to the goal of union with God; in it is accomplished the painful rebirth of the spirit, its transformation from natural being into supernatural being. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Those who desire nothing else than God walk not in darkness, however poor and dark they are in their own sight. And those who walk not presumptuously, nor according to their own satisfactions, whether from God or from creatures, nor do their own will in anything, have nothing to stumble…
I wish that Jesus would take over my faculties so that I would never perform actions that were human and personal but actions that were inspired and directed by the Spirit of Love. – St. Therese
However great the abundance of this water He gives, there cannot be too much in anything of His. If He gives a great deal, He gives the soul, as I said, the capacity to drink much; like a glass-maker who makes the vessel a size he sees is necessary in…
…the more habituated persons become to this calm, the more their experience of this general, loving knowledge of God will increase. – St. John of the Cross
What is there for you to fear if God has promised to hear us each time we have recourse to Him? – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Even though it is true that these are blessings the Lord gives to whomsoever he wills, His Majesty would give them all to us if we loved him as he loves us. He doesn’t desire anything else than to have those to whom to give. His riches do not lessen…
Everything will be for Jesus- yes, everything – and even when I have nothing to offer, I shall give Him this nothing. -St. Therese
The greatest proof of trust you could give God is to accept from the depths of your heart, that His will be done in you, no matter what it be. – Pere Jacques