To endure all things with a calm and untroubled mind not only brings many blessings to the soul, but also enables us to have clear judgement about them, and to take appropriate steps for their betterment. -St. John of the Cross
However wretched and imperfect my good works have been, this Lord of mine has been improving them, perfecting them and making them of greater worth, and yet hiding my evil deeds and my sins as soon as they have been committed. – St. Teresa of Avila
Forget your self-interests for theirs, however much they rebel: when opportunity occurs take some burden upon yourself to ease your neighbor of it. -St. Teresa of Avila
When God finds a soul penetrated by an intense faith He pours out His grace in abundance. – Brother Lawrence
My life is a life of faith, but my joy is the will of my Jesus. -Sister Marie Angelique of Jesus, OCD
You are not the only one to make mistakes day after day — we all do it. But the Lord is patient and full of mercy. In his household of grace he can use our faults, too, if we lay them on the altar for him. – St. Teresa Benedicta…
Souls have much the same struggles to fight. – St. Therese
The Eucharist is truly the sacrament of union and at the same time it is the clearest and most convincing proof that God calls us and pleads with us to come to intimate union with Himself. -Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, OCD
One attains possession of a knowledge of the cross only when one experiences the cross to the very depths. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
God repays trials very well with divine goods for soul and body – there is not a trial which does not have a corresponding and considerable reward. -St. John of the Cross