Tuesday, May 19th
The relationship of the soul to God as God foresaw it from all eternity as the goal of her (the soul’s) creation, simply cannot be more fittingly designated than as a nuptial bond. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Monday, May 18th
To belong wholly to God, to give oneself to Him, to His service, for love, this is the vocation, not only of all the elect but of every Christian; whether consecrated or not, man or woman. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Sunday, May 17th
There is another reason also why the soul has traveled safely in this obscurity; it has suffered: for the way of suffering is safer, and also more profitable, than that of rejoicing and of action. In suffering God gives strength, but in action and in joy the soul does but…
Friday, May 15th
For by doing what God demands of us with total surrender of our innermost being, we cause the divine life to become our own inner life. Entering into ourselves, we find God in our own selves. -St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Wednesday, May 13th
Let us thank God to have united our souls by the bond of true friendship, which consists in mutually perfectioning ourselves to get closer to God. -St. Teresa de los Andes
Tuesday, May 12th
The soul’s preparation for this union is not that it should understand or perceive or feel or imagine anything concerning either God or anything else, but that it should have purity and love—that is, perfect resignation and detachment from everything for God’s sake alone. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, May 11th
What does it profit you to give God one thing if he asks of you another? Consider what it is God wants, and then do it. You will as a result satisfy your heart better than with something toward which you yourself are inclined. – St. John of the Cross
Sunday, May 10th
Here in Carmel, there is nothing, nothing but God. He is all, He suffices, and one lives for Him alone and for His glory… this life of prayer and contemplation, interceding always for His people before the Face of God… – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Saturday, May 9th
Do not yield to hatred. We are here in a dark tunnel but we have to go on. At the end, an eternal light is shining for us. – St. Titus Brandsma
Friday, May 8th
There is a Being who is Love and who desires to have us live with Him. Oh! It is delightful! He is there, keeping me company, helping me to suffer, making me rise above my suffering to rest in Him. Do as I do, and you will see how everything…