Wednesday, June 26th
I tell you, Sisters, so that you will see the mercy of our Lord and how His Majesty does not abandon the one who desires to serve Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
Category: Hearthcakes
Tuesday, June 25th
With regard to the fear about whether or not I was in the state of grace, He (Jesus) told me: “Daughter, light is very different from darkness. I am faithful. Nobody will be lost unknowingly. They who find security in spiritual favors will be deceived. True security is the testimony…
Monday, June 24th
It is there in the very depths that the divine impact takes place, where the abyss of our nothingness encounters the Abyss of mercy, the immensity of the all of God. There we will find the strength to die to ourselves and, losing all vestige of self, we will be…
Sunday, June 23rd
The created will is not destined to be free to exalt itself. It is called to come into unison with the divine will. If it freely submits itself to this unison, then it is permitted in freedom to participate in the perfection of creation. If a free creature declines this…
Saturday, June 22nd
It is better to labor and do things for one another than to have each one work for herself, because in doing things for ourselves, there us self love; and in doing things for others, there is charity. -St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi
Friday, June 21st
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
Thursday, June 20th
When God communicates this bright ray of his secret wisdom to the soul not yet transformed, he causes thick darkness. – St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, June 19th
Yet such are the pity and compassion of this Lord of ours, so desirous is He that we should seek Him and enjoy His company, that in one way or another He never ceases calling us to Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
Tuesday, June 18th
Every step in our life ought to tend to bring us closer to God and to bring our neighbor at least a little bit of happiness. – St. Raphael Kalinowski
Monday, June 17th
If individuals resolutely submit to carrying the cross, if they decidedly want to find and endure trial in all things for God, they will discover in all of them great relief and sweetness. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, June 25th
With regard to the fear about whether or not I was in the state of grace, He (Jesus) told me: “Daughter, light is very different from darkness. I am faithful. Nobody will be lost unknowingly. They who find security in spiritual favors will be deceived. True security is the testimony…
Monday, June 24th
It is there in the very depths that the divine impact takes place, where the abyss of our nothingness encounters the Abyss of mercy, the immensity of the all of God. There we will find the strength to die to ourselves and, losing all vestige of self, we will be…
Sunday, June 23rd
The created will is not destined to be free to exalt itself. It is called to come into unison with the divine will. If it freely submits itself to this unison, then it is permitted in freedom to participate in the perfection of creation. If a free creature declines this…
Saturday, June 22nd
It is better to labor and do things for one another than to have each one work for herself, because in doing things for ourselves, there us self love; and in doing things for others, there is charity. -St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi
Friday, June 21st
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
Thursday, June 20th
When God communicates this bright ray of his secret wisdom to the soul not yet transformed, he causes thick darkness. – St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, June 19th
Yet such are the pity and compassion of this Lord of ours, so desirous is He that we should seek Him and enjoy His company, that in one way or another He never ceases calling us to Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
Tuesday, June 18th
Every step in our life ought to tend to bring us closer to God and to bring our neighbor at least a little bit of happiness. – St. Raphael Kalinowski
Monday, June 17th
If individuals resolutely submit to carrying the cross, if they decidedly want to find and endure trial in all things for God, they will discover in all of them great relief and sweetness. -St. John of the Cross