O Lord, what does it matter, when I can retire within myself, enlightened by faith, whether I feel or don’t feel, whether I am in light or darkness, enjoy or do not enjoy? I am struck by a kind of shame at making any distinction between such things…Help me to…
Thus you must undertake all things, agreeable or disagreeable, for the sole purpose of pleasing God through them. – St. John of the Cross
Love is swift, sincere, pious, pleasant and delightful; strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, courageous, and never seeking itself: for where a man seeks himself, there he falls from love. -St. Therese
Today we will not spread the message through discussion- people no longer believe in it- not even through good works! The best means is through the witness of someone who is possessed and captivated by God; who by their words and behavior allow God to be seen. -Bl. Fr. Marie-Eugene…
Only at the moment in which the soul for love of God divests itself of all that is not God – and love is just this! – can it be enlightened and transformed in God. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
All the things that God disposes are as so many steps of that mysterious stairway that leads us to the eternal possession of our much desired end (eternal life). For this let us accept everything with indifference from the hand of God, and we shall be happy. – St. Teresa…
As soon as I am pitied and flooded with attentions, I no longer have joy. – St. Therese
It’s so simple to love. It’s surrendering yourself to all His desires, just as Jesus surrendered Himself to those of the Father. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
In judging others a man labors in vain, often errs, and easily sins: but in judging and in looking into himself, he always labors with fruit. – St. Therese
It has not entered into the heart of man what God is like. -St. John of the Cross