Sunday, August 16th
But God also, by means of this dark and dry night of contemplation, supernaturally instructs in his divine wisdom the soul that is empty and unhindered. -St. John of the Cross
Saturday, August 15th
I only think that the soul comes out of the crucible like gold, more refined and purified, so as to see the Lord within itself. So afterward these trials that seemed unbearable become small. – St. Teresa of Avila
Friday, August 14th
There is such a need to mortify the intellect, the memory, and the exterior senses, so that they become almost spiritual, and then united to the soul they find in God alone their nourishment and their consolation, and they can say: “My heart and my flesh have exulted in the…
Thursday, August 13th
He to whom you gave me is Love and Charity, and He is teaching me to love as He does. He is giving me His love to love you with! -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Wednesday, August 12th
Spiritual persons must exercise care that in their heart and joy they do not become attached to temporal goods. They must fear lest, through a gradual increase, their small attachments become great. – St. John of the Cross
Tuesday, August 11th
Isn’t love shown in sacrifice? When I think about Jesus’ love, then everything I can offer him seems to me so little. -St. Teresa of the Andes
Monday, August 10th
If a man had but one spark of perfect charity, he would doubtless perceive that all earthly things are full of vanity. – St. Therese
Sunday, August 9th
Once an individual is drawn into God’s orbit, withdrawing into his own interior and surrendering himself to Him in loving union, he has forever resolved the problem. It suffices that he allow himself to be directed and guided by the Spirit of God- who henceforth moves him noticeably – because…
Saturday, August 8th
The Three Persons delight to contemplate their beauty in a soul and they are thus drawn to fill it more completely and they lavish still more gifts upon it so as to accomplish the great mystery of love and unity. -St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Friday, August 7th
I have no other means of proving my love for you other than that of strewing flowers, that is, not allowing one little sacrifice to escape, not one look, one word, profiting by all the smallest things and doing them through love. – St. Therese