Sunday, July 2nd
You will find that He suits Himself to whatever mood you are in. He longs so keenly for our glance that He will neglect no means to win it. -St. Teresa of Avila
Category: Hearthcakes
Saturday, July 1st
Is there any freedom greater than the freedom to serve God? Is there any freedom more complete than union with Him? Does He not free us from ties of money and property and selfishness, of avarice and pride and inconstancy? Is He not the only true Emancipator? Who is free…
Friday, June 30th
In the Passion and death of Christ our sins were consumed by fire. If we accept that in faith, and if we accept the whole Christ in faith-filled surrender, which means, however, that we choose and walk the path of the imitation of Christ, then He will lead us “through…
Thursday, June 29th
To find God we must work ourselves according to our capacity. The soul therefore, remembering the saying of the Beloved ‘Seek and you shall find’, is resolved to seek Him actively and not rest until it finds Him. For there are many who do not want God to cost them…
Wednesday, June 28th
One must go to the Lord with confidence. Fear makes the spirit troubled, and a troubled spirit cannot raise itself to God. -Sr. Marie Angelique of Jesus
Tuesday, June 27th
In all the events of life, however untoward they may be, the wise man encourages us to rejoice instead of giving way to sadness. In so doing we will not lose the greater good, peace of mind in both prosperity and adversity. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, June 26th
He has borne with many offences and much unworthiness in you, yet these have not sufficed to make Him turn away; is it much to ask that you should sometimes shift your gaze from earthly things to fix it on Him? -St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, June 25th
It benefits me little to be alone making acts of devotion to our Lord, proposing and promising to do wonders in his service, if I then go away and when the occasion offers itself do everything the opposite. If his Majesty showed us his love by means of such works…
Saturday, June 24th
The more God gives the more He makes us desire, until we are empty and He is able to fill us with good things. -St. John of the Cross
Friday, June 23rd
I am the happiest creature in the world. God is infinite joy. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Saturday, July 1st
Is there any freedom greater than the freedom to serve God? Is there any freedom more complete than union with Him? Does He not free us from ties of money and property and selfishness, of avarice and pride and inconstancy? Is He not the only true Emancipator? Who is free…
Friday, June 30th
In the Passion and death of Christ our sins were consumed by fire. If we accept that in faith, and if we accept the whole Christ in faith-filled surrender, which means, however, that we choose and walk the path of the imitation of Christ, then He will lead us “through…
Thursday, June 29th
To find God we must work ourselves according to our capacity. The soul therefore, remembering the saying of the Beloved ‘Seek and you shall find’, is resolved to seek Him actively and not rest until it finds Him. For there are many who do not want God to cost them…
Wednesday, June 28th
One must go to the Lord with confidence. Fear makes the spirit troubled, and a troubled spirit cannot raise itself to God. -Sr. Marie Angelique of Jesus
Tuesday, June 27th
In all the events of life, however untoward they may be, the wise man encourages us to rejoice instead of giving way to sadness. In so doing we will not lose the greater good, peace of mind in both prosperity and adversity. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, June 26th
He has borne with many offences and much unworthiness in you, yet these have not sufficed to make Him turn away; is it much to ask that you should sometimes shift your gaze from earthly things to fix it on Him? -St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, June 25th
It benefits me little to be alone making acts of devotion to our Lord, proposing and promising to do wonders in his service, if I then go away and when the occasion offers itself do everything the opposite. If his Majesty showed us his love by means of such works…
Saturday, June 24th
The more God gives the more He makes us desire, until we are empty and He is able to fill us with good things. -St. John of the Cross
Friday, June 23rd
I am the happiest creature in the world. God is infinite joy. -St. Teresa of the Andes