Monday, June 7th
Believe me, the question is not whether we wear the religious habit or not, but whether we practice the virtues and submit our will in all things to the will of God. -St. Teresa of Avila
Category: Hearthcakes
Sunday, June 6th
One attains possession of a knowledge of the cross only when one experiences the cross to the very depths. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Saturday, June 5th
When one cannot put oneself right by speaking, it is better to have recourse to prayer and silence; and thus to keep one’s peace alone with God. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Friday, June 4th
Consider now what your Master says next: “Who art in the Heavens.” Do you suppose it matters little what Heaven is and where you must seek your most holy Father? I assure you that for minds which wander it is of great importance not only to have a right belief…
Thursday, June 3rd
Be extremely careful for the love of the Lord not to be tricked into giving up prayer. -St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, June 2nd
This sweet Savior has long since forgotten your infidelities. He sees only your longing after perfection, and the sight makes His heart glad. – St. Therese
Tuesday, June 1st
We come to the great King of Heaven with empty hands, in debt to Him for everything: life itself, and grace, and all the gifts He lavishes on us. Yet all we can say is, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all I owe,’ while all the…
Monday, May 31st
He will see that whoever loves Him much will be able to suffer much for Him; whoever loves Him little will be capable of little. I myself hold that the measure for being able to bear a large or small cross is love. – St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, May 30th
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure…
Saturday, May 29th
Prayer is a repose, a relaxation. One must come in total simplicity to the One whom one loves, holding oneself near to Him as a small child in its mother’s arms, allowing one’s heart to go out … -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Sunday, June 6th
One attains possession of a knowledge of the cross only when one experiences the cross to the very depths. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Saturday, June 5th
When one cannot put oneself right by speaking, it is better to have recourse to prayer and silence; and thus to keep one’s peace alone with God. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Friday, June 4th
Consider now what your Master says next: “Who art in the Heavens.” Do you suppose it matters little what Heaven is and where you must seek your most holy Father? I assure you that for minds which wander it is of great importance not only to have a right belief…
Thursday, June 3rd
Be extremely careful for the love of the Lord not to be tricked into giving up prayer. -St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, June 2nd
This sweet Savior has long since forgotten your infidelities. He sees only your longing after perfection, and the sight makes His heart glad. – St. Therese
Tuesday, June 1st
We come to the great King of Heaven with empty hands, in debt to Him for everything: life itself, and grace, and all the gifts He lavishes on us. Yet all we can say is, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all I owe,’ while all the…
Monday, May 31st
He will see that whoever loves Him much will be able to suffer much for Him; whoever loves Him little will be capable of little. I myself hold that the measure for being able to bear a large or small cross is love. – St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, May 30th
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure…
Saturday, May 29th
Prayer is a repose, a relaxation. One must come in total simplicity to the One whom one loves, holding oneself near to Him as a small child in its mother’s arms, allowing one’s heart to go out … -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity