Wednesday, July 8th
In general, the reason why many souls have no love or inclination towards virtue is that they harbor affections and desires which are neither innocent nor directed wholly towards God. -St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, July 7th
Sometimes … after receiving Communion I was at peace. And sometimes, in approaching the Sacrament, I felt at once so good in soul and body that I was surprised. It seems that in only a moment all the darknesses of the soul disperse. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, July 6th
Let Christ crucified be enough for you, and with Him suffer and take your rest, and hence annihilate yourself in all inward and outward things. – St. John of the Cross
Sunday, July 5th
For my heart is always with Him, day and night it thinks unceasingly of its heavenly and divine Friend, to whom it wants to prove its affection. Also within it arises this desire: not to die, but to suffer long, to suffer for God, to give Him its life while…
Saturday, July 4th
It is trust and nothing but trust that must lead us to Love. -St. Therese
Friday, July 3rd
Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don’t call prayer—–however much the lips may move. – St. Teresa…
Thursday, July 2nd
As long as this attachment remains, it is impossible to make progress in perfection, even though the imperfection be very small. It makes little difference whether a bird is tied by a thin thread or by a cord. Even if it is tied by a thread, the bird will be…
Wednesday, July 1st
The more lofty the degree of loving union to which God destines the soul, so much more profound and persistent must be its purification. -St. Teresa Benedicta
Tuesday, June 30th
The Grace that God has given me, after Baptism and the Eucharist, is all the greater and more sublime, the more unworthy my person is. -Bl. Maria Felicia
Monday, June 29th
He who wants to win the world for Christ must have the courage to come in conflict with it. – St. Titus Brandsma