Wednesday, March 4th
Don’t imagine that, if you had a great deal of time, you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea; it is no hindrance to prayer to spend your time well. -St.Teresa of Avila
Category: Hearthcakes
Tuesday, March 3rd
Let us praise Him, my daughters, for He has granted it to us, and let us not tire of praising so great a King and Lord. He has prepared for us a kingdom without end in exchange for a few little trials, which come wrapped in consolations and will end…
Monday, March 2nd
Reflect that the most delicate flower loses its fragrance and withers fastest; therefore guard yourself against seeking to walk in a spirit of delight, for you will not be constant. Choose rather for yourself a robust spirit, detached from everything, and you will discover abundant peace and sweetness, for delicious…
Sunday, March 1st
There is a Being who is Love and who desires to have us live with Him. Oh! It is delightful! He is there, keeping me company, helping me to suffer, making me rise above my suffering to rest in Him. Do as I do, and you will see how everything…
Friday, February 28th
Be therefore earnest in prayer, and hope in detachment and emptiness. Your good will not be long in coming. -St. John of the Cross
Thursday, February 27th
…you have only to stay close to the crucified and your suffering is the best prayer. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Wednesday, February 26th
In what does true poverty consist? It is to not even possess our own will, in being detached from our own judgement. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Tuesday, February 25th
Our good God ardently desires to give us the great treasure of His love; but He wishes that we ask Him for it urgently, and that we act in such a way that everything we do will be a request begging for this love. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Monday, February 24th
What God communicates to the soul in this intimate union is totally beyond words. One can say nothing about it just as one can say nothing about God Himself that resembles Him. -St. John of the Cross
Sunday, February 23rd
O Jesus, I feel, that, if by an impossibility You could find a soul weaker than mine, You would fill it with even greater graces, provided that such a soul abandoned itself with absolute confidence to Your infinite Mercy. -St. Therese
Tuesday, March 3rd
Let us praise Him, my daughters, for He has granted it to us, and let us not tire of praising so great a King and Lord. He has prepared for us a kingdom without end in exchange for a few little trials, which come wrapped in consolations and will end…
Monday, March 2nd
Reflect that the most delicate flower loses its fragrance and withers fastest; therefore guard yourself against seeking to walk in a spirit of delight, for you will not be constant. Choose rather for yourself a robust spirit, detached from everything, and you will discover abundant peace and sweetness, for delicious…
Sunday, March 1st
There is a Being who is Love and who desires to have us live with Him. Oh! It is delightful! He is there, keeping me company, helping me to suffer, making me rise above my suffering to rest in Him. Do as I do, and you will see how everything…
Friday, February 28th
Be therefore earnest in prayer, and hope in detachment and emptiness. Your good will not be long in coming. -St. John of the Cross
Thursday, February 27th
…you have only to stay close to the crucified and your suffering is the best prayer. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Wednesday, February 26th
In what does true poverty consist? It is to not even possess our own will, in being detached from our own judgement. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Tuesday, February 25th
Our good God ardently desires to give us the great treasure of His love; but He wishes that we ask Him for it urgently, and that we act in such a way that everything we do will be a request begging for this love. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Monday, February 24th
What God communicates to the soul in this intimate union is totally beyond words. One can say nothing about it just as one can say nothing about God Himself that resembles Him. -St. John of the Cross
Sunday, February 23rd
O Jesus, I feel, that, if by an impossibility You could find a soul weaker than mine, You would fill it with even greater graces, provided that such a soul abandoned itself with absolute confidence to Your infinite Mercy. -St. Therese