Saturday, October 23rd
This knowledge, when purer, is even at times the cause of darkness because it dispossesses the intellect of its customary lights, forms, and phantasies and effects a noticeable darkness. – St. John of the Cross
Category: Hearthcakes
Friday, October 22nd
Contemplation is perceived more frequently in the will under the form of love, than in the intellect under the form of knowledge. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, October 21st
Then Our Lord said: “Ah, my daughter, they are few who love me in truth; for if men loved me, I should not hide my secrets from them. Do you know what is to love me in truth? It is to admit everything to be a lie which is not…
Wednesday, October 20th
We are miserable and fall at every step. We are children who don’t even know how to talk. Why doesn’t Jesus become angry with our falls that are caused by our ignorance and our weakness? Never allow discouragement to enter your heart. -St. Teresa de los Andes
Tuesday, October 19th
Feed not your spirit on anything but God. Cast off concern about things, and bear peace and recollection in your heart. – St. John of the Cross
Monday, October 18th
You must build a little cell within your soul as I do. Remember that God is there and enter it from time to time; when you feel nervous or you’re unhappy, quickly seek refuge there and tell the Master all about it….We come quite simply to the One we love,…
Sunday, October 17th
With bold surrender, I wish to remain gazing upon You, O Lord, my divine Sun. Nothing will frighten me, neither wind nor rain, and if dark clouds come and hide You from my gaze, I will not change my place because I know that beyond the clouds You still shine…
Saturday, October 16th
…yet true humility is not attended with trouble; it does not disturb the soul; it causes neither obscurity nor aridity: on the contrary, it consoles. It is altogether different, bringing with it calm, sweetness, and light. It is no doubt painful; but, on the other hand, it is consoling, because…
Friday, October 5th
As I could not reason with my mind, I would try to make pictures of Christ inwardly; and I used to think I felt better when I dwelt on those parts of His life when He was most often alone. It seemed to me that His being alone and afflicted,…
Thursday, October 14th
Don’t pay too much attention to whether you are fervent or discouraged; it is the law of our exile to pass from one state to the other like that. – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Friday, October 22nd
Contemplation is perceived more frequently in the will under the form of love, than in the intellect under the form of knowledge. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, October 21st
Then Our Lord said: “Ah, my daughter, they are few who love me in truth; for if men loved me, I should not hide my secrets from them. Do you know what is to love me in truth? It is to admit everything to be a lie which is not…
Wednesday, October 20th
We are miserable and fall at every step. We are children who don’t even know how to talk. Why doesn’t Jesus become angry with our falls that are caused by our ignorance and our weakness? Never allow discouragement to enter your heart. -St. Teresa de los Andes
Tuesday, October 19th
Feed not your spirit on anything but God. Cast off concern about things, and bear peace and recollection in your heart. – St. John of the Cross
Monday, October 18th
You must build a little cell within your soul as I do. Remember that God is there and enter it from time to time; when you feel nervous or you’re unhappy, quickly seek refuge there and tell the Master all about it….We come quite simply to the One we love,…
Sunday, October 17th
With bold surrender, I wish to remain gazing upon You, O Lord, my divine Sun. Nothing will frighten me, neither wind nor rain, and if dark clouds come and hide You from my gaze, I will not change my place because I know that beyond the clouds You still shine…
Saturday, October 16th
…yet true humility is not attended with trouble; it does not disturb the soul; it causes neither obscurity nor aridity: on the contrary, it consoles. It is altogether different, bringing with it calm, sweetness, and light. It is no doubt painful; but, on the other hand, it is consoling, because…
Friday, October 5th
As I could not reason with my mind, I would try to make pictures of Christ inwardly; and I used to think I felt better when I dwelt on those parts of His life when He was most often alone. It seemed to me that His being alone and afflicted,…
Thursday, October 14th
Don’t pay too much attention to whether you are fervent or discouraged; it is the law of our exile to pass from one state to the other like that. – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity