Tuesday, July 26th
And those alone acquire wisdom of God who are like ignorant children, and, laying aside their knowledge, walk in His service with love. – St. John of the Cross
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Monday, July 25th
To acquire the holy love of God the best means is to live in the presence of God. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Sunday, July 24th
No earthly maternal joy resembles the bliss of a soul permitted to enkindle the light of grace in the night of sins. The way to this is the cross. Beneath the cross the Virgin of virgins becomes the Mother of Grace. -St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Saturday, July 23rd
It is noteworthy, then, that love is the soul’s inclination, strength, and power in making its way to God, for love unites it with God. – St. John of the Cross
Friday, July 22nd
What does it profit you to give God one thing if he asks of you another? Consider what it is God wants, and then do it. You will as a result satisfy your heart better than with something toward which you yourself are inclined. – St. John of the Cross
Thursday, July 21st
In such a way God manifests the decrees of His wisdom; He knows how to draw good from evil so wisely and beautifully, and to ordain to a greater good what was a cause of evil. – St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, July 20th
“To watch in prayer”- this is to say the same thing that Elijah said with the words, “to stand before the face of God.” Prayer is looking up into the face of the Eternal. We can do this only when the spirit is awake in its inmost depths, freed from…
Tuesday, July 19th
For we must not be without our cross, even as our Beloved had his cross, until he died the death of love. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, July 18th
At the evening of life, you will be examined in love. -St. John of the Cross
Sunday, July 17th
As a result the soul recognizes the truth about its misery, of which it was formerly ignorant. When it was walking in festivity, gratification, consolation, and support in God, it was more content, believing that it was serving God in some way. Though this idea of serving God may not…