…It is for us to console Our Lord, and not for Him to be always consoling us. His Heart is so tender that if you cry He will dry your tears; but thereafter He will go away sad, since you did not suffer Him to repose tranquilly within you. Our…
Just as a mother is proud of her children so we shall be proud of one another without the least trace of jealousy. – St. Therese
Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent. – St. John of the Cross
At the moment the soul recollects itself in the presence of God, it enters on an act of general, loving, peaceful, and tranquil knowledge, drinking wisdom and love and delight. – St. John of the Cross
It is true you cannot enter all the mansions by your own power, however great it may appear to you, unless the Lord of the castle Himself admits you. Therefore I advise you to use no violence if you meet with any obstacle, for that would displease Him so much…
It is the nature of perfect love to seek or accept nothing for itself, to attribute nothing to itself, but to refer all to the Beloved. If this be true of earthly love, how much more so of the love of God… -St. John of the Cross
The soul should trust in the goodness of God, which is greater than all the evils we are capable of. – St. Teresa of Avila
If you have confidence in Him and have courageous spirits–for His Majesty is very fond of these–you need not fear that He will fail you in anything. -St. Teresa of Avila
In heaven, there will be no looks of indifference, because all the saints owe so much to one another. No envious glances will be cast, because the happiness of each is the happiness of all. – St. Therese
Sometimes the Lord comes very late and pays just as well, and all at once, what He was giving to others in the course of many years. St. Teresa of Avila