Sunday, September 5th
Spiritual substance cannot be communicated to the senses, and anything imparted to the sense, especially in this life, cannot be pure spirit, since sense is incapable of it. -St. John of the Cross
Category: Hearthcakes
Saturday, September 4th
O my beloved Christ, crucified by love, I wish to be a bride for Your Heart; I wish to cover You with glory; I wish to love You…even unto death! But I feel my weakness, and I ask You to “clothe me with Yourself,” to identify my soul with all…
Friday, September 3rd
I beg you, oh, mark everything with the seal of love! It alone endures. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Thursday, September 2nd
Believe me – to write books of piety, to compose sublime poems, all this is not worth as much as the smallest act of renunciation. – St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, September 1st
I am resolved to give complete obedience in everything without exception, not only to my superiors, but also to my equals and inferiors, so as to learn from you, my God, who made yourself obedient in far more difficult circumstances than those in which I find myself. – St. Teresa…
Tuesday, August 31st
In the first place it should be known that if a person is seeking God, His Beloved is seeking him much more. – St. John of the Cross
Monday, August 30th
It is not a refreshing peaceful fire, but a consuming and searching one that makes the soul grieve at the sight of itself. The soul perceives its own smallness in comparison with the immensity of the flame. -St. John of the Cross
Sunday, August 29th
I saw that He was a man, even though He was God; that He wasn’t surprised by human weaknesses; that He understands our miserable make-up, subject to many falls on account of the first sin which He came to repair. I can speak with Him as with a friend, even…
Saturday, August 28th
Be very attentive to His voice, and remember that when He thus takes His place in a heart, it is to dwell there alone and apart. You understand what I mean…I am not referring to the religious life, which is the great break with the world, but to that detachment,…
Friday, August 27th
Let yourself be loved…without fearing that any obstacle will be a hindrance to it…This love can rebuild what you have undone. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Saturday, September 4th
O my beloved Christ, crucified by love, I wish to be a bride for Your Heart; I wish to cover You with glory; I wish to love You…even unto death! But I feel my weakness, and I ask You to “clothe me with Yourself,” to identify my soul with all…
Friday, September 3rd
I beg you, oh, mark everything with the seal of love! It alone endures. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Thursday, September 2nd
Believe me – to write books of piety, to compose sublime poems, all this is not worth as much as the smallest act of renunciation. – St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, September 1st
I am resolved to give complete obedience in everything without exception, not only to my superiors, but also to my equals and inferiors, so as to learn from you, my God, who made yourself obedient in far more difficult circumstances than those in which I find myself. – St. Teresa…
Tuesday, August 31st
In the first place it should be known that if a person is seeking God, His Beloved is seeking him much more. – St. John of the Cross
Monday, August 30th
It is not a refreshing peaceful fire, but a consuming and searching one that makes the soul grieve at the sight of itself. The soul perceives its own smallness in comparison with the immensity of the flame. -St. John of the Cross
Sunday, August 29th
I saw that He was a man, even though He was God; that He wasn’t surprised by human weaknesses; that He understands our miserable make-up, subject to many falls on account of the first sin which He came to repair. I can speak with Him as with a friend, even…
Saturday, August 28th
Be very attentive to His voice, and remember that when He thus takes His place in a heart, it is to dwell there alone and apart. You understand what I mean…I am not referring to the religious life, which is the great break with the world, but to that detachment,…
Friday, August 27th
Let yourself be loved…without fearing that any obstacle will be a hindrance to it…This love can rebuild what you have undone. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity