How amazing and pitiful it is that the soul be so utterly weak and impure that the hand of God, though light and gentle, should feel too heavy and contrary. For the hand of God does not press down or weigh on the soul, but only touches it; and this…
When I think that previously I was envious of Mary Magdalene for having had Jesus in her home so many times, for having listened to Him, I become ashamed; for He did not abandon our earth. He remains in the tabernacle. There I look at Him in faith and listen…
David also said that clouds and darkness are near God and surround him [Ps. 18:11], not because this is true in itself, but because it appears thus to our weak intellects, which in being unable to attain so bright a light are blinded and darkened. -St. John of the Cross
It also happens very quickly and ineffably that God will show within Himself a truth that seems to leave in obscurity all those that are in creatures, and one understands very clearly that God alone is Truth, unable to lie. – St. Teresa of Avila
All passes! In the evening of life, love alone abides … all must be for love, one must without ceasing, forget oneself … Oh, if only I had always done so! -Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity
You do not have enough trust. You have too much fear before the good God. I can assure you that He is grieved over this. – St. Therese
He reaches out His hand to us, the very moment He sees us fully convinced of our nothingness, and hears us cry out: ‘My foot stumbles Lord, but Your mercy is my strength.’Ps. 93: 18. Should we attempt great things, however, even under pretext of zeal, He deserts us. So…
It is a serious evil to have more regard for God’s blessings than for God Himself: prayer and detachment. -St. John of the Cross
If we abandon ourselves, and place our confidence in God, while making every small effort and hoping for everything from His mercy, we shall be rewarded as much as the greatest saints. -St. Therese
We live too much our own individual lives and think much too little of how we are united with each other in and through God and all together with God. And yet therein lies our supreme worth and strength, our dignity. -Bl. Titus Brandsma