Friday, January 17th
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
Thursday, January 16th
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
Wednesday, January 15th
…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…
Tuesday, January 14th
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
Monday, January 13th
Where we will be led on this earth we do not know, and we should not even ask about it beforehand. We know only that for those who love God, all things work to their good. And besides, we know that the ways of the Lord go beyond this earth.…
Sunday, January 12th
In seeing You(Mary) so pure, so tender, and so compassionate, who would not be encouraged to unburden his intimate sufferings to you? Who would not ask you to be his star on this stormy see? Who is there who would not cry in your arms without instantly receiving your immaculate…
Saturday, January 11th
When you are suffering or when you are feeling lonely…then take comfort in the fact that Jesus is with you and sees you suffering. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Friday, January 10th
…Though one must indeed be pure before appearing in the sight of the All-Holy God, still I know that He is infinitely just, and the very justice which terrifies so many souls is the source of all my confidence and joy. Justice is not only stern severity towards the guilty;…
Thursday, January 9th
If you are nothing, do you forget that Jesus is everything? You have only to lose your nothingness in His infinity and think only of loving Him. – St. Therese
Wednesday, January 8th
Those who work for God with purest love not only care nothing about whether others see their works, but do not even seek that God himself know of them. Such persons would not cease to render God the same services, with the same joy and purity of love, even if…