Tuesday, June 16th
Justice itself, even more than any other divine perfection, seems to me to be clothed in love. -St. Therese
Monday, June 15th
I always returned to my custom of rejoicing in this Lord, especially when I received Communion. I wanted to keep ever before my eyes a painting or image of Him since I was unable to keep Him as engraved in my soul as I desired. -St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, June 13th
Much will be asked of the one who has received much, and He as been so overwhelmingly generous to His little bride, but she abandons herself to His love and sings the hymn of His mercies while still on earth. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Friday, June 12th
David in this night says of himself, “My heart is inflamed, and my reins are changed, and I am brought to nothing, and knew not.” That is,“my heart hath been inflamed” in the love of contemplation.” -St. John of the Cross
Thursday, June 11th
It seems to me I have found my heaven on earth, since heaven is God and God is in my soul. The day I understood that, everything became clear to me, and I wish I could whisper this secret to those I love in order that they also might cling…
Wednesday, June 10th
Thus Jesus is pleased to shower His gifts on some of His creatures, but very often this is in order to attract other hearts to Himself, and then when His end has been attained, He makes those external gifts disappear, He despoils completely the souls dearest to Him. -St. Therese
Tuesday, June 9th
God Himself teaches us to go forward with our hand in His by means of the Church’s liturgy. -St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Monday, June 8th
By contrast with the lethargy that comes from lack of vital energy, resting in God is something completely new and unique. The former was dead silence. Now it is replaced by the feeling of being safe, of being relieved from all anxiety and responsibility and obligation to act. And as…
Sunday, June 7th
When things that are irritable or disagreeable befall me, instead of assuming an air of sadness, I respond by a smile. At first I was not always successful, but now it is a habit which I am very happy to have acquired. – St. Therese
Saturday, June 6th
In fact God seems to be wholly occupied with overwhelming the soul with caresses and marks of affection like a mother who brings up her child and feeds it with her own milk. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity