Sunday, May 19th
Do not allow yourself to be upset by superficial noise, go and find God in the depth of your soul; He is there. – Ven. Fr. Marie-Eugene
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Saturday, May 18th
I consider myself as the most wretched of men, full of sores and corruption, and who has committed all sorts of crimes against his King; touched with a sensible regret I confess to Him all my wickedness, I ask His forgiveness, I abandon myself in His hands, that He may…
Friday, May 17th
In contemplation God teaches the soul very quietly and secretly, without its knowing how, without the sound of words, and without the help of any bodily or spiritual faculty, in silence and quietude, in darkness to all sensory and natural things. – St. John of the Cross
Thursday, May 16th
Believe me – to write books of piety, to compose sublime poems, all this is not worth as much as the smallest act of renunciation. – St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, May 15th
Secrecy of conscience is considerably harmed and damaged as often as a person manifest its fruit to men, for then he receives as his reward the fruit of fleeting fame. – St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, May 14th
Oh, ask Him that I may be equal to my vocation and not abuse the graces He lavishes on me; if you knew how fearful that makes me sometimes…Then I cast myself on Him whom Saint John calls ‘the Faithful and True,’ and I beg Him to be Himself my…
Monday, May 13th
I say, daughters, that we should set our eyes on Christ, our Good, and on His saints. There we shall learn true humility, the intellect will be enhanced, as I have said, and self-knowledge will not make one base and cowardly. – St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, May 12th
We do not climb Calvary as heroes, like the champion who has won the race. A saint is not a hero: he is someone filled with God and with God’s strength. – Ven. Fr. Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus
Saturday, May 11th
We look at ourselves too much … we do not have enough trust in Him who enfolds us in His love. We must not stand in front of our cross and examine it in itself, but withdrawing into the light of faith,we must rise above it and consider that it…
Friday, May 10th
Let us now come to the detachment which we must practice, for if this is carried out perfectly it includes everything else. I say “it includes everything else” because, if we care nothing for any created things, but embrace the Creator alone, His Majesty will infuse the virtues into us…