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
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