Sunday, January 6th
In judging others a man labors in vain, often errs, and easily sins: but in judging and in looking into himself, he always labors with fruit. – St. Therese
Category: Hearthcakes
Saturday, January 5th
Just as the Prophet did not hear the voice of God in the storm, but in the gentle breeze, so the heart of the spiritual person must not be shaken by the storm, but must listen for God’s voice in the silence of its own interior. – Bl. Titus Brandsma
Friday, January 4th
It is not human activity that can save us, but the sufferings of Christ. To take part in these is my aspiration. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, January 3rd
A created spirit can ascend to God only by rising above itself. God, in a word, as Creator and preserver of every being, is the foundation that upholds them all. That which ascends to Him, at the same time descends to its most secure center of gravity. – St. Teresa…
Wednesday, January 2nd
Perhaps all the graces that I have received in abundance have come to me through the prayers of some little soul whom I shall know only in heaven! – St. Therese
Tuesday, January 1st
Our Redeemer, ever present in the most Blessed Sacrament, extends His hand to everyone. He opens His heart and says, ‘Come to Me, all of You.’ – St. Raphael Kalinowski
Monday, December 31st
In the night of blindness that the Lord had made fall on his eyes, Saul waited in solitary prayer for the Lord’s answer to his question: “What would you have me do?” And Peter learned of his mission to the pagans while praying in solitude. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith…
Sunday, December 30th
If when He went about in the world the mere touch of His robes cured the sick, why doubt, if we have faith, that miracles will be worked while He is within us and that He will give what we ask of Him, since He is in our house? -St.…
Saturday, December 29th
What a distressing thing it would be if God were telling us to go after something that matters to Him, and we would not do so, but remain there looking at Him because that is what pleases us. – St. Teresa of Avila
Friday, December 28th
By contrast with the lethargy that comes from lack of vital energy, resting in God is something completely new and unique. The former was dead silence. Now it is replaced by the feeling of being safe, of being relieved from all anxiety and responsibility and obligation to act. And as…
Saturday, January 5th
Just as the Prophet did not hear the voice of God in the storm, but in the gentle breeze, so the heart of the spiritual person must not be shaken by the storm, but must listen for God’s voice in the silence of its own interior. – Bl. Titus Brandsma
Friday, January 4th
It is not human activity that can save us, but the sufferings of Christ. To take part in these is my aspiration. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Thursday, January 3rd
A created spirit can ascend to God only by rising above itself. God, in a word, as Creator and preserver of every being, is the foundation that upholds them all. That which ascends to Him, at the same time descends to its most secure center of gravity. – St. Teresa…
Wednesday, January 2nd
Perhaps all the graces that I have received in abundance have come to me through the prayers of some little soul whom I shall know only in heaven! – St. Therese
Tuesday, January 1st
Our Redeemer, ever present in the most Blessed Sacrament, extends His hand to everyone. He opens His heart and says, ‘Come to Me, all of You.’ – St. Raphael Kalinowski
Monday, December 31st
In the night of blindness that the Lord had made fall on his eyes, Saul waited in solitary prayer for the Lord’s answer to his question: “What would you have me do?” And Peter learned of his mission to the pagans while praying in solitude. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith…
Sunday, December 30th
If when He went about in the world the mere touch of His robes cured the sick, why doubt, if we have faith, that miracles will be worked while He is within us and that He will give what we ask of Him, since He is in our house? -St.…
Saturday, December 29th
What a distressing thing it would be if God were telling us to go after something that matters to Him, and we would not do so, but remain there looking at Him because that is what pleases us. – St. Teresa of Avila
Friday, December 28th
By contrast with the lethargy that comes from lack of vital energy, resting in God is something completely new and unique. The former was dead silence. Now it is replaced by the feeling of being safe, of being relieved from all anxiety and responsibility and obligation to act. And as…