Wednesday, September 5th
A soul united to Jesus and identified with him can do everything. It seems to me that this can be reached only by prayer. – St. Teresa de los Andes
A soul united to Jesus and identified with him can do everything. It seems to me that this can be reached only by prayer. – St. Teresa de los Andes
When I accepted the fact that I might spend my life suffering from these troubles and anxieties-which in no way diminished the trust I had in God and served only to increase my faith-I found myself changed all at once. And my soul, until that time always in turmoil, experienced…
Be indifferent in all things; and let it be the same to you to do one thing as to do another, to have one office as to have another. – St. Mary Magdalen de’Pazzi
Oh, would that I could tell everyone what sources of strength, of peace and also of happiness they would find if they consented to live in this intimate union with Him. Only they do not know how to wait. If God does not bestow Himself in a manner they can…
Our Lord’s love is revealed as perfectly in the most simple soul that resists His grace in nothing as in the most excellent soul… -St. Therese
Keep yourself from setting your thoughts upon what happens in the community, and still more from speaking of it except to the proper person at the proper time…For if you want to ponder on all that happens you would always discover something amiss even if you lived among angels. -St.…
Now, then, to enjoy a part in His kingdom and want no part in His dishonors and trials is nonsense. – St. Teresa of Avila
I only think that the soul comes out of the crucible like gold, more refined and purified, so as to see the Lord within itself. So afterward these trials that seemed unbearable become small. – St. Teresa of Avila
For You, O divine life, never kill unless to give life, never wound unless to heal. – St. John of the Cross
Let us begin: perhaps He is only waiting for a single generous resolution from us. – Brother Lawrence