Saturday, January 2nd
God repays trials very well with divine goods for soul and body – there is not a trial which does not have a corresponding and considerable reward. -St. John of the Cross
Friday, January 1st
If the greatest sinner on earth should repent at the moment of death, and draw his last breath in an act of love, neither the many graces he had abused, nor the many sins he had committed, would stand in his way. Our Lord would see nothing, count nothing, but…
Thursday, December 31st
And it is clear that since God wants to lead those whom He greatly loves by the path of tribulation there is no reason to think that He despises contemplatives, for with His own mouth He praises them and considers them His friends. – St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, December 30th
Since man’s life on earth is a time of trial and all who would live devotedly in Christ must undergo persecution and the devil your foe is on the prowl like a roaring lion looking for prey to devour, you must use every care to clothe yourselves in God’s armor…
Tuesday, December 29th
Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity. – St. Therese
Monday, December 28th
Courage my sister, the yoke of a Carmelite if necessarily very light or very heavy in proportion as one’s courage bear it or one’s cowardice drags it. – Teresa of St. Augustine, OCD
Sunday, December 27th
Midnight is not the time to greet a guest. Caution the doors against both foes and friends, and try to make the windows understand their unimportance when the daylight ends. Persuade the stairs to patience, and deny the passages their aimless to and fro. Virtue it is that puts a…
Saturday, December 26th
It is that much harder to let what belongs to us be taken without asking for it back. But the moment we accept this, we feel how light the burden is. – St. Therese
Friday, December 25th
To be a child of God, that means to be led by the hand of God, to do the will of God, not one’s own will, to place every care and every hope in the hand of God and not to worry about oneself or one’s future. On this rests…
Thursday, December 24th
At the evening of life, you will be examined in love. -St. John of the Cross