Just as the Lamb had to be killed to be raised upon the throne of glory, so the path to glory leads through suffering and the cross for everyone chosen to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb. All who want to be married to the Lamb must allow themselves…
Almighty Father, I place the Precious Blood of Jesus before my lips before I pray, that my prayers may be purified before they ascend to Your divine altar. -Prayer of St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi
The soul which does not attain to the degree of purity corresponding with the light and vocation it has received from God can never be wholly content and at peace. -St. John of the Cross
O my God, the more gently you touch, the more you are hidden in the purified souls of those who have made themselves aliens on earth, and whom you hide in the secret of your face. -St. John of the Cross
I would like to fly as the eagle does, but I can only flutter my wings – it is beyond my feeble strength to soar. -St. Therese
True union can very well be reached, with God’s help, if we make the effort to obtain it by keeping our wills fixed only on that which is God’s will. – St. Teresa of Avila
Forget your self-interests for theirs, however much they rebel: when opportunity occurs take some burden upon yourself to ease your neighbor of it. -St. Teresa of Avila
He has borne with many offences and much unworthiness in you, yet these have not sufficed to make Him turn away; is it much to ask that you should sometimes shift your gaze from earthly things to fix it on Him? -St. Teresa of Avila
I do not count on my own merits, since I have none, but I trust in Him who is Virtue and Sanctity Itself. -St. Therese
… When there is union of love, the image of the Beloved is so sketched in the will and drawn so vividly, that it is true to say that the Beloved lives in the lover and the lover in the Beloved…The reason is, that in the union and transformation of…