We come home exhausted, shattered. New vexations possibly await there….and there is still so much to do until evening. Should we not immediately go to it? No, not before calm sets in at least for a moment. Each one must know, or get to know, where and how she can…
This sweet Savior has long since forgotten your infidelities. He sees only your longing after perfection, and the sight makes His heart glad. – St. Therese
Let yourself be seen by all as you really are. Just as we are in the sight of God, so let us be in the sight of all. – St. Teresa Benedicta
Merit is not to be found in doing much or in giving much, but rather in receiving and in loving much. It is said that it is far sweeter to give than to receive, and this is true. But when Jesus wants for Himself the sweetness of giving, it would…
In the evening of this life, I shall appear before You with empty hands, for I do not ask You, Lord, to count my works. All our justice is stained in Your eyes. I wish, then, to be clothed in Your own Justice and to receive from Your Love the…
Souls have much the same struggles to fight. – St. Therese
They must be content simply with a loving and peaceful attentiveness to God, and live without concern, without effort, and without the desire to taste or feel him. – St. John of the Cross
Oh, what a good friend You make, my Lord! How You proceed by favoring and enduring. You wait for others to adapt to Your nature, and in the meanwhile You put up with theirs! – St. Teresa of Avila
We are miserable and fall at every step. We are children who don’t even know how to talk. Why doesn’t Jesus become angry with our falls that are caused by our ignorance and our weakness? Never allow discouragement to enter your heart. -St. Teresa de los Andes
I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me.…