Until slumber comes to the appetites through the mortification of sensuality, and until this very sensuality is stilled in such a way that the appetites do not war against the spirit, the soul will not walk out to genuine freedom, to the enjoyment of union with its Beloved. – St.…
O my Jesus! You never ask what is impossible; You know better than I how frail and imperfect I am; You know that I shall never love my Sisters as You have loved them, unless You love them Yourself within me, my dearest Master. -St. Therese
Don’t fear purgatory because of the suffering endured there, but desire to avoid it in order to please the good God, who imposes this purification with such reluctance. Since you seek to please him in everything, if you trust unshakably that he purifies you at every moment in his love…
I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me. -St. Teresa of Avila
O you souls who wish to go on with so much safety and consolation, if you knew how pleasing to God is suffering, and how much it helps in acquiring other good things, you would never seek consolation in anything; but you would rather look upon it as a great…
How they came to disturb me after Communion! They stared me in the face… but in order not to be provoked, I thought of Our Lord, who retreated into solitude and was unable to prevent the people from following Him there. And He didn’t want to send them away. I…
It’s so simple to love. It’s surrendering yourself to all His desires, just as Jesus surrendered Himself to those of the Father. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
As soon as natural things are driven out of the enamored soul, the divine are naturally and supernaturally infused since there can be no void in nature. -St. John of the Cross
He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it. – St. John of the Cross
In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone. – St. John of the Cross