Sunday, October 11th
And you, O Father, bend down towards your poor little creature. Cover her with your shadow, see in her only your beloved son in who you are well pleased. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Saturday, October 10th
But they, O my God and my life, will see and experience Your mild touch, who withdraw from the world and become mild, bringing the mild into harmony with the mild, thus enabling themselves to experience and enjoy You. – St. John of the Cross
Friday, October 9th
Do not fear to tell Jesus that you love him, even though you may not feel that love. In this way you will compel Him to come to your aid, and to carry you like a little child who is too weak to walk. – St. Therese
Thursday, October 8th
All Three Persons of the Holy Trinity dwell in the soul that loves Them ‘in truth’ … keeping Their word. And when the soul has understood its riches, whatever natural or supernatural joy may come to it from creatures or even from God, only calls it to enter within itself,…
Wednesday, October 7th
If we live and move in God, it does not seem to me that His company and His love can hinder us from moving and working externally. -St. Teresa Margaret Redi
Tuesday, October 6th
Faith is comparable to the feet by which one journeys to God, and love is like one’s guide. – St. John of the Cross
Monday, October 5th
We are so ignorant that what we have read and been told has not sufficed to teach us to disregard wandering thoughts, therefore I shall not be wasting time in instructing and consoling you about these trials. However, this will help you but little until God chooses to enlighten you,…
Sunday, October 4th
We must have no confidence whatever our own strength, but trust in His mercy and until we do this all is weakness. – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, October 3rd
If God is in us, and if God is love, it is inevitable that we be brothers; because love of our neighbor is the measure of our love for God. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Friday, October 2nd
In this arid and obscure night the soul undergoes a thorough reform in its imperfections of avarice, in which it coveted various spiritual objects and was never content with any of its spiritual exercises. -St. John of the Cross