Friday, January 2nd
Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him. -St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, December 31st
Don’t be terrified by the new life that is opening up to you, for being a child of Mary, she will cover you with her mantle. -St. Teresa de los Andes
Tuesday, December 30th
Mary, who kept all God’s words in her heart, in the fullness of grace granted her, understood the great value of suffering. While the apostles fled, she went out to meet the Savior on the way to Calvary and stood beneath the cross, in order to share His grief and…
Monday, December 29th
I have understood that the thing that separates me most from God is my pride. I propose to be humble. Without humility the other virtues are hypocrisy. … Humility gains us similarity to Christ, peace of soul, holiness and intimate union with God. – St. Teresa de los Andes
Sunday, December 28th
Let us believe in love with the beloved Apostle, John (1 Jn. 4:16) and since we possess Him within us, what matter the nights which may darken our sky? If Jesus seems asleep, let us rest near Him; let us be very calm and silent and not wake Him, but…
Saturday, December 27th
To secure a hearing there is no need to recite set prayers composed for the occasion. . . . I have not the courage to search through books for beautiful prayers; they are so numerous, that it would only make my head ache, and besides, each one is more lovely…
Friday, December 26th
Jesus is a hidden treasure which few souls can find, for it is hidden and the world loves what sparkles. – St. Therese
Thursday, December 25th
O guiding night! O night more lovely than the dawn! O night that has united the Lover with his beloved, transforming the beloved in her Lover. – St. John of the Cross
Wednesday, December 24rd
That which is truly great grows unnoticed, and silence at the right moment is more fruitful than the constant activity that only too easily degenerates into spiritual idleness. In the present age, we are all possessed by a strange restlessness that suspects any silence of being a waste of time…
Tuesday, December 23rd
The Redemption was decided in the eternal silence of the divine life and in the hiddenness of the tranquil dwelling of Nazareth; the power of the Holy Spirit overshadowed the Virgin while she was praying alone, and it brought about the Incarnation of the Redeemer. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith…