Tuesday, September 8th
You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, September 7th
One can only gain a scientia crucis (knowledge of the cross) if one has thoroughly experienced the cross. I have been convinced of this from the first moment onwards and have said with all my heart: ‘Ave, Crux, Spes unica’ (I welcome you, Cross, our only hope). -St. Teresa Benedicta
Sunday, September 6th
The more we love, the more we need sacrifice and the more we ardently desire it. – St. Teresa de los Andes
Saturday, September 5th
In all the events of life, however untoward they may be, the wise man encourages us to rejoice instead of giving way to sadness. In so doing we will not lose the greater good, peace of mind in both prosperity and adversity. -St. John of the Cross
Friday, September 4th
O my Lord, how poorly we profit from the blessing You grant us! You seek ways and means and You devise plans to show Your love for us; we, inexperienced in loving You, esteem this love so poorly that our minds, little exercised in love, go where they always go…
Thursday, September 3rd
They dislike praising others and love to be praised themselves; sometimes they seek out such praise. Herein they are like the foolish virgins, who, when their lamps could not be lit, sought oil from others. – St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, September 1st
Beware, daughters, of a certain kind of humility suggested by the devil which is accompanied by great anxiety about the gravity of our sins. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, August 31st
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble. – St. Teresa of Avila
Sunday, August 30th
My God, I desire nothing save to become your perfect image; and since yours was a hidden life of humiliation, love and sacrifice, so also I wish mine to be. I desire to enclose myself henceforth within your most loving Heart as in a desert, so that I may live…
Saturday, August 29th
The noblest inspirations are worth nothing without good works. -St. Therese