Friday, August 28th
I do not only see the richness of the water’s nature, its immeasurable potential, but I see God working within the work of his hands and the revelation of his love. -St. Titus Brandsma
Thursday, August 27th
God gives me courage in proportion to my sufferings. I feel at this moment I couldn’t suffer any more, but I’m not afraid since if they increase, He will increase my courage at the same time. – St. Therese
Wednesday, August 26th
Believe that He loves you. He wants to help you Himself in the struggles you must undergo. Believe in His Love. His exceeding love. – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Tuesday, August 25th
Beg our Lord to grant you perfect love of neighbor and leave the rest to Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, August 24th
Devotion to Jesus Eucharistic will be, and is for me the source of patience, of perseverance, of refuge, of consolation. It is literally the very source of my life. Without this mystery of the Savior’s love left us in the Church, I would have been lost long ago. -St. Raphael…
Sunday, August 23rd
..my prayer is quite powerless, but I possess within me the Holy One of God, the Great Supplicant, and that is the prayer I am offering… -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Saturday, August 22nd
Each incident, each event, each suffering, as well as each joy, is a sacrament which gives God to it; so it no longer makes a distinction between these things; it surmounts them, goes beyond them to rest in its Master, above all things. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Friday, August 21st
The devil does a great deal to incapacitate us when he sees a little fear. -St. Teresa of Avila
Thursday, August 20th
Now I ask You, Lord, not to abandon me at any time in my recollection, for I am a squanderer of my soul. – St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, August 19th
In stumbling, in falling with Christ, do not withdraw from the cross or abandon it. Consider carefully the fatigue with which He walks and how much greater His trials are than those trials you suffer, however great you may want to paint them and no matter how much you grieve…