Sunday, December 5th
God is there quite close to you. His love surrounds you. He wants to be your Friend at every moment. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Saturday, December 4th
My prayer almost always consists of an intimate conversation with Our Lord. I imagine that like Magdalene I am at His feet, listening to Him. He tells me what I must do to please Him. -St. Teresa de los Andes
Friday, December 3rd
Let us quicken our faith by constant communing with Him. Let us live with God as with a friend. That is how saints are made. We carry our heaven about within us, since He who satisfies the glorified soul in the light of vision gives Himself to us in faith.…
Thursday, December 2nd
Jesus works miracles for His dearest friends only after He has tested their faith. He let Lazarus die, even though Martha and Mary sent word that he was sick. But after the trial, what rewards! Lazarus rises from the dead. -St. Therese
Wednesday, December 1st
Perhaps we do not know what love is: it would not surprise me a great deal to learn this, for love consists, not in the extent of our happiness, but in the firmness of our determination to try to please God in everything, and to endeavor, in all possible ways,…
Tuesday, November 30th
Nothing is accomplished without effort, wihtout struggle. In our better moments, we no longer shed tears over our own weaknesses or over those of others, but we recall what was interiorly said to St. Paul: My grace is sufficient for you; in union with me you can do all things.…
Monday, November 29th
Lay all your cares about the future trustingly in God’s hands, and let yourself be guided by the Lord just like a little child… -St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Sunday, November 28th
A love of pleasure, and attachment to it, usually fires the will toward enjoyment of things that give pleasure. A more intense enkindling of another, better love (love of the soul’s Bridegroom) is necessary for the vanquishing of the appetites and the denial of this pleasure. By finding satisfaction and…
Saturday, November 27th
Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you. – St. John of the Cross
Friday, November 26th
If individuals resolutely submit to carrying the cross, if they decidedly want to find and endure trial in all things for God, they will discover in all of them great relief and sweetness. -St. John of the Cross