Sunday, July 25th
Oh my Lord, how certain it is that anyone who renders You some service soon pays with a great trial! And what a precious reward a trial is for those who truly love You if we could at once understand its value! – St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, July 24th
As the soul abode in solitude, abandoning all created help and consolation in order to obtain fellowship and union with the Beloved, it deserved thereby the peace of solitude in the Beloved, in whom it reposes alone, undisturbed by any anxiety. -St. John of the Cross
Friday, July 23rd
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
Thursday, July 22nd
Our Lord spent thirty years of His life in recollection and prayer. He only spent three years evangelizing. In heaven the occupation of our souls will be to adore and to love. While here on earth let’s begin the occupation we’ll perform for all eternity. -St. Teresa de los Andes
Wednesday, July 21st
Remember that there are few souls who stay with Him and follow Him in His trials…In many places He is neglected and ill-treated, but He suffers everything and will continue to do so, if He finds but one single soul which will receive Him and love to have Him as…
Tuesday, July 20th
It is a shame and unfortunate that through our own fault we don’t understand ourselves or know who we are. – St. Teresa of Avila
Monday, July 19th
All the goodness we possess is lent to us, and God considers it His own work. God and His work is God. – St. John of the Cross
Sunday, July 18th
Looking at things from God’s viewpoint there is no such thing as chance; my whole life, down to the last detail, is traced in the plan of divine Providence and, to the all seeing eyes of God, constitutes a perfectly intelligible whole. – St. Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)
Saturday, July 17th
A Praise of Glory is a soul ever gazing upon God in faith and simplicity. It reflects all that He is; it is like a fathomless abyss into which He may flow and overflow; it is also like a crystal through which He can shine and behold His perfections and…
Friday, July 16th
Let us live in close union with our Beloved and be wholly given to Him as He is given to us … commune with Him all the day long, since He is living in your soul … there you have the whole of the Carmelite life, to live in Him…