Tuesday, July 28th
What does it matter if we pray for great things? We are asking it of One Who is all powerful. -St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, July 27th
Knowing, O my God, that my sins made Your cross so heavy that You had to sink beneath it, this makes me even more convinced that I must carry my cross together with You and that I should not shy away from it, even should I sink beneath its weight.…
Sunday, July 26th
No love is possible without the cross…and it is through crosses that love becomes fruitful, om condition that they be borne in a spirit of love, for without this spirit everything is sterile. -Sr. Marie Angelique of Jesus, OCD
Saturday, July 25th
Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction. – St. John of the Cross
Friday, July 24th
God alone knows what it cost me to overcome this pride or vanity that took possession of my heart as I grew older. My character was timid, my heart sensitive. I used to cry for any reason, but my disposition was extremely gentle; I never used to get mad at…
Thursday, July 23rd
O my God, I want to work for Your glory and for that I must be wholly filled with You and You are love. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Wednesday, July 22nd
I am in God, and God is in me. I feel that all creatures, the trees, the flowers belong to God and also to me. I no longer have a will, it belongs to God. And all that is God´s is mine. -St. Mariam of Jesus Crucified
Tuesday, July 21st
To reach something you are doing, you must go, not by a way, but by a way in which you are not. To arrive at what you do not know, you must go by a way in which you know not. -St. John of the Cross
Monday, July 20th
It is not sufficient to love souls in the secret of our heart, working and sacrificing ourselves for them; this love must also be manifested exteriorly by an agreeable and pleasant manner, in such a way that those who approach us may feel themselves loved. – Fr. Gabriel of St.…
Sunday, July 19th
I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature…