Thursday, September 24th
See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect. – St. John of the Cross
Category: Hearthcakes
Wednesday, September 23rd
Our good God ardently desires to give us the great treasure of His love; but He wants us to ask Him for it insistently, and to act in such a way that each work we perform will be a request for this love. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Tuesday, September 22nd
You must not set yourself up as a judge-that is God’s right alone-your only mission is to be an angel of peace. – St. Therese
Monday, September 21st
O you who do not dare draw near to Him, make the test and prove how good and generous is our most loving God! – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Sunday, September 20th
After God places these three last kinds of good in the soul, he no longer remembers her former ugliness and sin, as he declares through Ezekiel [Ez. 18:22], for on account of these goods she is very agreeable to him. And once he has blotted out this sin and ugliness,…
Saturday, September 19th
There is no companionship which affords comfort to the soul that longs for God; indeed, until she finds Him everything causes greater solitude. – St. John of the Cross
Friday, September 18th
I repeat, it is necessary that your foundation consist of more than prayer and contemplation. If you do not strive for the virtues and practice them, you will always be dwarfs. – St. Teresa of Avila
Thursday, September 17th
Have patience with yourself, the Lord does. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Wednesday, September 16th
Through the centuries, the visible events of the Church’s history are always prepared in the silent dialogues of souls consecrated with His Blood. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Tuesday, September 15th
Many of these beginners …feel an aversion toward adapting their will to God’s. Hence they frequently believe that what is not their will, or brings them no satisfaction, is not God’s will, and, on the other hand, that if they are satisfied, God is too. They measure God by themselves…
Wednesday, September 23rd
Our good God ardently desires to give us the great treasure of His love; but He wants us to ask Him for it insistently, and to act in such a way that each work we perform will be a request for this love. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Tuesday, September 22nd
You must not set yourself up as a judge-that is God’s right alone-your only mission is to be an angel of peace. – St. Therese
Monday, September 21st
O you who do not dare draw near to Him, make the test and prove how good and generous is our most loving God! – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Sunday, September 20th
After God places these three last kinds of good in the soul, he no longer remembers her former ugliness and sin, as he declares through Ezekiel [Ez. 18:22], for on account of these goods she is very agreeable to him. And once he has blotted out this sin and ugliness,…
Saturday, September 19th
There is no companionship which affords comfort to the soul that longs for God; indeed, until she finds Him everything causes greater solitude. – St. John of the Cross
Friday, September 18th
I repeat, it is necessary that your foundation consist of more than prayer and contemplation. If you do not strive for the virtues and practice them, you will always be dwarfs. – St. Teresa of Avila
Thursday, September 17th
Have patience with yourself, the Lord does. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Wednesday, September 16th
Through the centuries, the visible events of the Church’s history are always prepared in the silent dialogues of souls consecrated with His Blood. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Tuesday, September 15th
Many of these beginners …feel an aversion toward adapting their will to God’s. Hence they frequently believe that what is not their will, or brings them no satisfaction, is not God’s will, and, on the other hand, that if they are satisfied, God is too. They measure God by themselves…