I am amused sometimes to see certain souls who think when they are at prayer that they would like to be humiliated and publicly insulted for God, and afterward they would hide a tiny fault if they could; or, if they have not committed one, and yet are charged with…
Our Lord became a spring for us, so that we should not die of thirst among all the miseries that surround us. -Bl. Anne of St. Bartholomew
Let us ask God to make us true in our love, to make us sacrificial beings, for it seems to me that sacrifice is only love put into action. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
If God is in us, and if God is love, it is inevitable that we be brothers; because love of our neighbor is the measure of our love for God. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Oh, then, when everything was dark, when the present was so painful and the future seemed even more gloomy to me, I closed my eyes and abandoned myself like a child in the arms of this Heavenly Father… We look at ourselves too much, we want to see and understand,…
He (God) lives in some as though in his own house, commanding and ruling everything; and in others as though a stranger in a strange house, where they do not permit him to give orders or do anything. -St. John of the Cross
…the harm done to us by our failure to understand well this humility and self-knowledge…self-knowledge is the most important thing for us. – St. Teresa of Avila
We are in the hands of our good God and Father of all consolation; all that He permits will turn to our greater good, although now we do not understand it. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi
In our spiritual life, whether there is a fog or a thunderstorm, or conversely a very gentle light, we are always dependent on God’s mercy. Once it has caught hold of us, it will never let us go. – Bl. Marie Eugene of the Child Jesus
As soon as natural things are driven out of the enamored soul, the divine are naturally and supernaturally infused since there can be no void in nature. -St. John of the Cross