Friday, June 12th
Let us go to Him who would have us be wholly His… – St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Thursday, June 11th
When our hearts are free from liking and judging people merely according to their natural gifts we are not held captive by external and changing charms. We are instead free to love people as they really are, and we can penetrate more easily to the core of their personality, their…
Wednesday, June 10th
I like to find at least a few moments each day spent in doing good for others out of love for God. These few moments, almost unnoticeably used, bring something like rays of peace and comfort behind them. They unite us with people and God with purity and sweetness. -St.…
Tuesday, June 9th
Charity enlightens where selfishness makes one blind; it widens where selfishness narrows; it is joyful where selfishness is miserable. -Bl. Pere Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, OCD
Monday, June 8th
Awaken and enlighten us, my Lord, that we might know and love the blessings which You ever propose to us, and that we might understand that You have moved to bestow favors on us and have remembered us. -St. John of the Cross
Sunday, June 7th
The Lord wishes us rather to make requests of Him and to remember that we are in His presence, for He knows what is fitting for us. I cannot believe in the efficacy of human activity in matters where His Majesty appears to have set a limit to it and…
Saturday, June 6th
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus to have acquired experience. – St. Teresa of Avila
Friday, June 5th
When words are of no avail…speak of such things with God alone. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Thursday, June 4th
Do as perfectly as you can the tasks of your everyday life, even the most trivial. It is quite simple. Follow Our Lord like a little child. I skip after him as best I can. I put my trust in him and abandon all care. -Blessed Titus Brandsma
Wednesday, June 3rd
We can do this much; endeavor to conform ourselves to Christ Crucified. – St. Teresa Margaret Redi