Sunday, August 30th
We need sacrifice, renouncement to our own will to reach complete union with Our Lord. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Saturday, August 29th
I have understood that the thing that separates me most from God is my pride. I propose to be humble. Without humility the other virtues are hypocrisy. … Humility gains us similarity to Christ, peace of soul, holiness and intimate union with God. – St. Teresa of the Andes
Friday, August 28th
How sweet is the way of love. True, one can fall or commit infidelities, but, knowing how to draw profit from everything, love quickly consumes everything that can be displeasing to Jesus; it leaves nothing but a humble and profound peace in the depths of the heart. – St. Therese
Thursday, August 27th
Sometimes when I am in such a state of spiritual dryness that not a single good thought occurs to me, I say very slowly the “Our Father,” or the “Hail Mary,” and these prayers suffice to take me out of myself. – St. Therese
Wednesday, August 26th
Whoever lives in the presence of so good a friend and excellent a leader as is Jesus Christ can endure all things. Christ helps us and strengthens us and never fails; he is a true friend…What more do we desire from such a good friend at our side, who will…
Tuesday, August 25th
Oh, would that I could tell everyone what sources of strength, of peace and also of happiness they would find if they consented to live in this intimate union with Him. Only they do not know how to wait. If God does not bestow Himself in a manner they can…
Monday, August 24th
In my Little Way there are only very ordinary things. – St. Therese
Sunday, August 23rd
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that. -St. Teresa of Avila
Saturday, August 22nd
It frequently needs only a word or a smile to impart fresh life to a despondent soul. Yet it is not merely in the hope of bringing consolation that I wish to be kind; if it were, I should soon be discouraged, for often well-intentioned words are totally misunderstood. Consequently,…
Friday, August 21st
And should by chance you do not know Where to find Me, Do not go here and there; But if you wish to find Me, In yourself seek Me. Soul, since you are My room, My house and dwelling, If at any time, Through your distracted ways I find the…