If the sun’s rays strike a window, but the window is stained and dirty, the sun cannot shine through in the same way it would have done if the window were clean and spotless. All depends, not on the sun, but on the window…The soul resembles this window. -St. John…
I wonder how a soul that has sounded the depths of love the Heart of God has “for it” can be anything but joyful. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
The soul does no more than represent its miseries and pain to the Beloved, for he who loves wisely does not wish to ask for what he desires. He is satisfied at hinting at his necessities so that the Beloved may do what seems best to Him. -St. John of…
O Jesus, Who in Thy cruel Passion didst become the “Reproach of men and the Man of Sorrows,” I worship Thy Divine Face. Once it shone with the beauty and sweetness of the Divinity: now for my sake it is become as the face of a leper. Yet in that…
I have found heaven on earth, since heaven is God, and God is in my soul. My mission in heaven will be to draw souls, helping them to go out of themselves to cling to God, with a spontaneous, love-filled action, and to keep them in that great interior silence…
Whoever lives in the presence of so good a friend and excellent leader, who went ahead of us to be the first to suffer, can endure all things. The Lord helps us, strengthens us, and never fails. -St. Teresa of Avila
If a man is moved to love God apart from any sweetness he feels, he is already focusing his love upon God, who he does not feel. -St. John of the Cross
It’s true that we cannot live without faults, but at least there should be some change so that they don’t take root. If they take root, they will be harder to eradicate and even many others could arise from them. – St. Teresa of Avila
…if you see a person praised, the Lord wants you to be much happier than if you yourself were being praised. This, indeed, is easy, for if you have humility you will feel sorry to see yourself praised. But this happiness that comes when the virtues of the Sisters are…
It is noteworthy that this general knowledge is at times so delicate (especially when purer, simpler, and more perfect), spiritual, and interior that the soul does not perceive or feel it, even though employed with it. – St. John of the Cross